Prompt Later

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Prompt Later adds /wait and /steer to Codex so you can schedule prompts for later and resume in the same session.

The delay no longer blocks inside the hook process. The hook quickly enqueues a delayed job and a small background worker processes the queue independently, so long waits are not constrained by the Codex hook timeout.

Install

npx prompt-later

Restart Codex after installing. If Codex asks you to trust the new hook, approve it.

Alternative install from GitHub:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/brahimhamichan/prompt-later/main/install.sh | bash

Use

/wait 10s hello
/wait 1 min summarize this repo
/wait 1.5h queue run the test suite
/wait 1h 30min continue after the limit resets
/wait 2 hours steer focus only on release blockers
/steer 30 seconds keep the final answer concise

Supported duration forms include:

1s
1 sec
1 second
1 seconds
1m
1min
1 min
1 minute
1 minutes
1h
1 hour
1 hours
1.5h
1h 30min
1 h 30 min
2 hours

How It Works

Prompt Later installs:

• ~/.codex/hooks/prompt-later-hook.py
• ~/.codex/hooks/prompt-later-worker.py
• ~/.codex/skills/wait/SKILL.md
• ~/.codex/skills/steer/SKILL.md

The hook intercepts prompts that start with /wait, /steer, $wait, $steer, or Codex's linked skill form. It parses the duration and payload, then adds a pending job to:

• ~/.codex/prompt-later/queue.json
• ~/.codex/prompt-later/worker.pid (while running)
• ~/.codex/prompt-later/worker.log

Then it starts (or reuses) the worker process ~/.codex/hooks/prompt-later-worker.py.

When a job is due, the worker resumes the original Codex session (session_id from hook input) with the original prompt payload. If no session id is available, it falls back to a non-interactive codex exec call.

When you use /steer, the worker sends the delayed message as:

Steering instruction: <payload>

Uninstall

npx prompt-later uninstall

This removes the Prompt Later hook and marker skills from ~/.codex.