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Feature request: add spell-check to the CLI prompt editor

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Description

What feature would you like?

Add built-in spell-check support to the Codex CLI prompt editor. Misspelled words should be identified while typing, with an accessible way to view and apply correction suggestions.

Suggested behavior:

  • Underline or otherwise mark likely misspellings.
  • Offer correction suggestions through a keyboard-accessible menu or shortcut.
  • Respect the user's configured language/dictionary.
  • Provide a setting to enable or disable spell-check.
Why is this useful?

Prompts often contain detailed natural-language instructions, so catching typing mistakes before submission improves clarity and reduces avoidable misunderstandings. Claude Code CLI already provides spell-check, and equivalent support would improve the Codex CLI writing experience.

The existing Ctrl+G external-editor workflow is useful for long prompts, but it adds friction for ordinary messages and is not a replacement for inline checking.

Environment
  • Codex CLI: 0.155.0
  • OS: Linux (Arch Linux, x86_64)

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Research direction

Start by locating the CLI prompt editor and the existing Ctrl+G external-editor workflow. Compare the requested behavior with spell-check support in Claude Code CLI, then trace how prompt input, keyboard shortcuts, settings, and language preferences are handled. Done means misspellings are marked while typing, suggestions are keyboard-accessible, the configured dictionary is respected, and spell-check can be toggled.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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