Allow referencing pasted images (attachments) in chat

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
desktop

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the macOS desktop app's pasted-attachment handling and chat input flow, then determine how attachments are represented and referenced. Done means users can reference multiple newly pasted images in one chat without saving them to the filesystem.

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Description

app enhancement
What variant of Codex are you using?

Codex MacOS desktop app

What feature would you like to see?

It would be pretty nice to allow an user to reference newly pasted file (screeenshot, etc..)

Something like

"There is a bug you can see on @attachment1, it should have been like you can see on @attchment2, as a reference, use @attachment3"

There is no way how to do it right know, one possible workaround is to save screenshot to filesystem (repository) and reference it as a file.

For few images it is also possible to describe it in chat "you can see on the first image i have attached" but it not comfort way and does not work larger number of files.

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