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Claude and Codex can both predict your next message after a turn. Claude Code shows it as a prompt suggestion, and the Codex app has its Tab suggestion. T3 Code never showed either one.

Now there is a Labs option, Suggest next prompt, off by default. When it is on, the empty composer shows the predicted next message in gray after a turn ends. Press Tab to fill it in, then edit or send it, or press Escape to dismiss it.

Labs option Claude suggestion Codex suggestion
Labs option Claude suggestion Codex suggestion

Why Labs, off by default: each suggestion is one extra model request, so it uses some plan usage. The request reuses the turn's prompt cache, but cached input still counts.

  • Codex: about 11k input tokens per suggestion on a small thread (97% cached) and about 20 output tokens. The input grows with the thread.
  • Claude: Anthropic calls it nearly free. It still counts, and Claude turns it off near your limit.

How it works

  • Setting: promptSuggestionsEnabled is a server setting shown in Settings > Labs. The session manager reads it when a provider session opens and passes it to the adapter. Changes apply to new sessions, the same as other provider settings.
  • Claude: we set the Agent SDK promptSuggestions option and forward the prompt_suggestion message it sends after result. Claude decides when to suggest. It skips the first turn, plan mode, turns near the usage limit, and sometimes others.
  • Codex: after a completed root turn, including one that leaves background work running or a held goal that later completes, the adapter calls the app server's experimental thread/sample request. It runs one low-effort response on a hidden fork that shares the parent's prompt cache, and fails quietly on Codex versions without that request.
  • Transport: suggestions are not persisted. The session manager catches the new prompt_suggestion.updated adapter event in its event pump, the same way it handles command_output.delta, and keeps the latest suggestion per thread in memory. Clients read it from a new orchestration.subscribePromptSuggestion stream, which checks the thread before each suggestion and never serves one for a deleted thread. The client subscribes only when the server advertises the promptSuggestions capability.
  • Composer: the suggestion shows only for the thread's latest completed run, so it never goes stale. It never replaces approval, question, or plan prompts. It never shows next to context chips, or on touch-only screens where Tab can't accept it.
  • Managed Codex: the pin moves from 0.156.1 to 0.166.0, because 0.156.1 does not have thread/sample. The digests come from the GitHub release API.

Mobile is not included. It has no Tab key, so it needs a tap-to-use control, which is a follow-up.

Proof: vp run check:changed passes. I added adapter tests for both providers and a session-manager test for the deleted-thread case; that test fails without the check. In a dev server I turned the Labs option on: a new Claude Haiku 5.5 thread showed a suggestion, as did a Codex GPT-5.6 Luna thread, and Tab filled it in.

Reviewed with sol-loop: 8 passes with GPT-6.1 Sol on high. Sol verdict: approved

Created with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code, running in T3 Code.

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Verdict: Needs Human Approval

Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — Prompt suggestions are opt-in, disclose extra model usage, and only fill an editable draft. The PR also changes the default managed Codex installation from 0.156.1 to 0.166.0 independently of that toggle; that runtime-default change requires human review.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider Metric Main baseline This PR Impact PR ceiling
Codex Total thread wire 5.0 KiB 5.0 KiB −6 B (−0.1%) 6.8 KiB ✅
Codex Thread snapshot wire 3.8 KiB 3.8 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 4.9 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket wire 1.3 KiB 1.2 KiB −6 B (−0.5%) 2.0 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn WebSocket decoded 21.6 KiB 21.6 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 24.4 KiB ✅
Codex Live turn messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅
Claude Total thread wire 5.1 KiB 5.1 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 6.8 KiB ✅
Claude Thread snapshot wire 3.8 KiB 3.8 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 4.9 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket wire 1.3 KiB 1.3 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 2.0 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn WebSocket decoded 21.9 KiB 21.9 KiB 0 B (0.0%) 24.4 KiB ✅
Claude Live turn messages 2 2 0 (0.0%) 8 ✅

Baseline: 85bd3f2 · PR result: be059be · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

  • Codex decoded thread snapshot: 108.5 KiB
  • Claude decoded thread snapshot: 108.8 KiB

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Walkthrough

Claude and Codex can generate next-prompt suggestions after eligible turns. The server stores suggestions by thread and exposes them through a WebSocket subscription. The web composer displays eligible suggestions and lets users insert one with Tab. A Labs setting controls suggestions for new sessions.

Changes: Prompt suggestions

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Suggestion contracts and provider generation
packages/contracts/src/environment.ts, packages/contracts/src/orchestrationV2.ts, packages/contracts/src/rpc.ts, packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, packages/provider-core/src/server/ProviderAdapter.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/*, apps/server/src/provider/CodexInstallation.ts
Contracts add the prompt-suggestion capability, setting, RPC, and provider event. Claude consumes eligible suggestion frames; Codex requests suggestions after eligible completed turns. Tests cover both adapters. Codex release assets advance to version 0.166.0.
Server storage and subscription delivery
apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts, apps/server/src/ws.ts, apps/server/src/auth/RpcAuthorization.ts, apps/server/src/environment/ServerEnvironment.ts, apps/server/src/observability/RpcInstrumentation.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderEventIngestor.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/RunExecutionService.ts, apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/*test.ts
The session manager stores the latest suggestion for up to 256 threads and streams a thread’s current value and replacements. The WebSocket handler exposes the subscription. Authorization, capability reporting, instrumentation, event routing, and test mocks are updated.
Composer display and acceptance
packages/client-runtime/src/rpc/client.ts, packages/client-runtime/src/state/orchestration.ts, apps/web/src/components/chat/*, apps/web/src/components/settings/LabsSettingsPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, docs/user/composer.md
The web client subscribes when the environment supports suggestions and the suggestion matches the thread’s latest completed run. The composer offers eligible suggestions as placeholder text and inserts one with Tab when the prompt is empty. The Labs setting, settings search, and user documentation describe the feature.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ClaudeAdapterV2
  participant CodexAdapterV2
  participant ProviderSessionManager
  participant WebSocketRpc
  participant PromptSuggestionAtom
  ClaudeAdapterV2->>ProviderSessionManager: prompt_suggestion.updated event
  CodexAdapterV2->>ProviderSessionManager: prompt_suggestion.updated event
  WebSocketRpc->>ProviderSessionManager: subscribePromptSuggestion(threadId)
  ProviderSessionManager-->>WebSocketRpc: current and updated suggestion values
  WebSocketRpc-->>PromptSuggestionAtom: streamed suggestion values
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Long suggestions may overlap composer controls, and a rare timing race may hide a suggestion. These are bounded issues; the PR is mergeable with awareness.

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@apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/ClaudeAdapterV2.ts:
- Line 1551: Update the settings-change handling around `serverUpdateSettings`
so changing `promptSuggestions` refreshes or closes affected existing Claude
sessions, ensuring their runtimes use the new value. Add a focused regression
test proving that disabling the setting prevents suggestions in an already-open
thread.

Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts:
- Line 6279: Update the sampling eligibility condition around
retainSettledContext to also require that no descendant work is active, so
sampling waits until the entire run has finished.
- Around line 1929-1947: Bound the best-effort `thread/sample` effect in the
prompt-suggestion pipeline with the established timeout policy before
`Effect.forkIn(scope)`, so stalled requests release their resources; preserve
the existing `Effect.catchCause` handling for timeout failures.

Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts:
- Around line 1964-1972: Update the orchestration deletion flow that commits
`thread.deleted` to invalidate the `ProviderSessionManager` prompt-suggestion
cache for the deleted parent thread and all cascaded side-chat IDs, so
`subscribePromptSuggestion` cannot return stale suggestions; keep this side
effect out of the pure `ThreadDeletion.ts` planner.

Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatComposer.tsx:
- Around line 3397-3398: Bound the placeholder display derived from
offeredPromptSuggestion to the editor area so long Claude or Codex suggestions
cannot overlap controls. Keep the full offeredPromptSuggestion unchanged for Tab
insertion; apply the limit only to the displayed hint.
- Around line 2185-2186: Update the offeredPromptSuggestion condition in
ChatComposer so touch-only mobile web does not show a suggestion that can only
be accepted with Tab. Preserve the Tab-based offer on surfaces with a physical
keyboard; only show it on touch-only mobile if a tap action is available.

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t3dotgg force-pushed the t3/investigate-codex-tab-suggestions branch from 401dd6a to fa24347 Compare October 31, 2026 08:58
@t3dotgg t3dotgg changed the title feat: Claude and Codex suggest your next prompt, Tab to use it feat: Labs option to suggest your next prompt after Claude and Codex turns Oct 31, 2026
t3dotgg and others added 4 commits October 31, 2026 02:14
Claude's SDK emits a predicted next prompt after each turn, and Codex
0.165+ exposes thread/sample on a cache-sharing fork. Forward both as an
unpersisted per-thread suggestion that the web composer shows as ghost
text and fills on Tab. Bump the managed Codex install to 0.166.0.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… beside context chips

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Suggestions spend plan usage, so replace the default-on per-provider
switches with a server-scoped Labs flag (off by default) that the session
manager passes to adapters when a provider session opens. Codex now also
samples after background work and after a held goal completes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ouch-only screens

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Line 1552: Update EventNdjsonLogger’s native-write filtering to exclude the
prompt_suggestion frame before it is persisted, including when promptSuggestions
is enabled in ClaudeAdapterV2; preserve logging behavior for other provider
events.

Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/Adapters/CodexAdapterV2.ts:
- Line 6290: Update the `thread/sample` eligibility condition containing
`promptSuggestionsEnabled` to also skip sampling when `retainSettledContext` is
true, preserving the existing behavior otherwise. Add coverage in the replay
test for root-owned background command or MCP app capture work that remains
active after the root turn completes.

Review comments at @apps/server/src/orchestration-v2/ProviderSessionManager.ts:
- Line 2212: Move the promptSuggestionsEnabled read before prepareMcpSession
reserves the MCP credential, so an interruption cannot bypass credential
cleanup; keep the existing promptSuggestions behavior unchanged.
- Around line 2592-2593: Add a focused service-level test in
ProviderSessionManager.test.ts for the subscribePromptSuggestion path in
ProviderSessionManager, verifying the initial value, isolation between threads,
updates when a suggestion is replaced, and behavior after eviction.

Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/composerCommandKey.ts:
- Around line 243-255: Update the keyboard handler containing the Tab
suggestion-insertion branch so Escape dismisses the visible promptSuggestion
without changing the draft; ensure the following Tab no longer inserts the
dismissed suggestion and can move focus normally.

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