fix: Map Codex image events to ACP tool calls

Handle more events around images. Ports over similar logic on the Rust
side.

Author: benbrandt

src/CodexAcpServer.ts

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ import {
     createCommandExecutionUpdate,
     createDynamicToolCallUpdate,
     createFileChangeUpdate,
+    createImageGenerationUpdate,
+    createImageViewUpdate,
     createMcpToolCallUpdate,
 } from "./CodexToolCallMapper";
 import {
@@ -800,9 +802,9 @@ export class CodexAcpServer implements acp.Agent {
             case "webSearch":
                 return [this.createWebSearchUpdate(item)];
             case "imageView":
-                return [this.createImageViewUpdate(item)];
+                return [createImageViewUpdate(item)];
             case "imageGeneration":
-                return [];
+                return [createImageGenerationUpdate(item)];
             case "enteredReviewMode":
                 return [this.createReviewModeUpdate(item, true)];
             case "exitedReviewMode":
@@ -871,22 +873,6 @@ export class CodexAcpServer implements acp.Agent {
         };
     }
 
-    private createImageViewUpdate(
-        item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageView" }
-    ): UpdateSessionEvent {
-        return {
-            sessionUpdate: "tool_call",
-            toolCallId: item.id,
-            kind: "read",
-            title: "View image",
-            status: "completed",
-            locations: [{ path: item.path }],
-            rawInput: {
-                path: item.path,
-            },
-        };
-    }
-
     private createReviewModeUpdate(
         item: ThreadItem & { type: "enteredReviewMode" | "exitedReviewMode" },
         entered: boolean

src/CodexEventHandler.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ import {
     createCommandExecutionUpdate,
     createDynamicToolCallUpdate,
     createFileChangeUpdate,
+    createImageGenerationCompleteUpdate,
+    createImageGenerationStartUpdate,
+    createImageGenerationUpdate,
+    createImageViewUpdate,
     createMcpRawInput,
     createMcpRawOutput,
     createFuzzyFileSearchComplete,
@@ -45,6 +49,8 @@ export class CodexEventHandler {
     private readonly sessionState: SessionState;
     private failure: RequestError | null = null;
     private readonly activeFuzzyFileSearchSessions = new Set<string>();
+    private readonly activeImageGenerationItems = new Set<string>();
+    private readonly emittedImageViewItems = new Set<string>();
 
     constructor(connection: acp.AgentSideConnection, sessionState: SessionState) {
         this.connection = connection;
@@ -252,14 +258,18 @@ export class CodexEventHandler {
                 return await createMcpToolCallUpdate(event.item);
             case "dynamicToolCall":
                 return await createDynamicToolCallUpdate(event.item);
+            case "imageView":
+                this.emittedImageViewItems.add(event.item.id);
+                return createImageViewUpdate(event.item);
+            case "imageGeneration":
+                this.activeImageGenerationItems.add(event.item.id);
+                return createImageGenerationStartUpdate(event.item);
             case "collabAgentToolCall":
             case "userMessage":
             case "hookPrompt":
             case "agentMessage":
             case "reasoning":
             case "webSearch":
-            case "imageView":
-            case "imageGeneration":
             case "enteredReviewMode":
             case "exitedReviewMode":
             case "contextCompaction":
@@ -287,6 +297,16 @@ export class CodexEventHandler {
                 }
             case "commandExecution":
                 return this.completeCommandExecutionEvent(event.item);
+            case "imageView":
+                if (this.emittedImageViewItems.delete(event.item.id)) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                return createImageViewUpdate(event.item);
+            case "imageGeneration":
+                if (this.activeImageGenerationItems.delete(event.item.id)) {
+                    return createImageGenerationCompleteUpdate(event.item);
+                }
+                return createImageGenerationUpdate(event.item);
             case "reasoning":
                 const summary = event.item.summary[0];
                 if (!summary) return null;
@@ -302,8 +322,6 @@ export class CodexEventHandler {
             case "hookPrompt":
             case "agentMessage":
             case "webSearch":
-            case "imageView":
-            case "imageGeneration":
             case "enteredReviewMode":
             case "exitedReviewMode":
             case "contextCompaction":

src/CodexToolCallMapper.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ToolCallContent } from "@agentclientprotocol/sdk";
+import type { ContentBlock, ToolCallContent } from "@agentclientprotocol/sdk";
 import { applyPatch, parsePatch, reversePatch } from "diff";
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
@@ -104,6 +104,69 @@ export async function createDynamicToolCallUpdate(
     return createExecuteToolCallUpdate(item, item.tool, { arguments: item.arguments })
 }
 
+export function createImageViewUpdate(
+    item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageView" }
+): UpdateSessionEvent {
+    const displayPath = item.path;
+    return {
+        sessionUpdate: "tool_call",
+        toolCallId: item.id,
+        kind: "read",
+        title: `View Image ${displayPath}`,
+        status: "completed",
+        content: [createContent({
+            type: "resource_link",
+            name: displayPath,
+            uri: displayPath,
+        })],
+        locations: [{ path: item.path }],
+        rawInput: {
+            path: item.path,
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+export function createImageGenerationStartUpdate(
+    item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageGeneration" }
+): UpdateSessionEvent {
+    return {
+        sessionUpdate: "tool_call",
+        toolCallId: item.id,
+        kind: "other",
+        title: "Image generation",
+        status: "in_progress",
+        rawInput: {
+            id: item.id,
+        },
+    };
+}
+
+export function createImageGenerationCompleteUpdate(
+    item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageGeneration" }
+): UpdateSessionEvent {
+    return {
+        sessionUpdate: "tool_call_update",
+        toolCallId: item.id,
+        status: imageGenerationToolStatus(item.status),
+        content: imageGenerationContent(item),
+        rawOutput: imageGenerationRawOutput(item),
+    };
+}
+
+export function createImageGenerationUpdate(
+    item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageGeneration" }
+): UpdateSessionEvent {
+    return {
+        sessionUpdate: "tool_call",
+        toolCallId: item.id,
+        kind: "other",
+        title: "Image generation",
+        status: imageGenerationToolStatus(item.status),
+        content: imageGenerationContent(item),
+        rawOutput: imageGenerationRawOutput(item),
+    };
+}
+
 export async function createExecuteToolCallUpdate(
     item: ThreadItem & ({ type: "mcpToolCall" } | { type: "dynamicToolCall" }),
     title: string,
@@ -257,6 +320,74 @@ function createSearchTitle(query: string | null, path: string | null): string {
     return "Search";
 }
 
+function imageGenerationToolStatus(status: string): AcpToolCallStatus {
+    switch (status) {
+        case "completed":
+            return "completed";
+        case "generating":
+        case "in_progress":
+        case "inProgress":
+        case "incomplete":
+            return "in_progress";
+        case "failed":
+            return "failed";
+        default:
+            return "completed";
+    }
+}
+
+function imageGenerationContent(
+    item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageGeneration" }
+): ToolCallContent[] {
+    const content: ToolCallContent[] = [];
+
+    if (item.revisedPrompt && item.revisedPrompt.trim() !== "") {
+        content.push(createContent({
+            type: "text",
+            text: `Revised prompt: ${item.revisedPrompt}`,
+        }));
+    }
+
+    if (item.result.trim() !== "") {
+        const image: ContentBlock = item.savedPath && item.savedPath.trim() !== ""
+            ? {
+                type: "image",
+                data: item.result,
+                mimeType: "image/png",
+                uri: item.savedPath,
+            }
+            : {
+                type: "image",
+                data: item.result,
+                mimeType: "image/png",
+            };
+        content.push(createContent(image));
+    }
+
+    return content;
+}
+
+function imageGenerationRawOutput(
+    item: ThreadItem & { type: "imageGeneration" }
+): Record<string, string | null> {
+    const output: Record<string, string | null> = {
+        status: item.status,
+        revisedPrompt: item.revisedPrompt,
+        result: item.result,
+    };
+    if ("savedPath" in item) {
+        output["savedPath"] = item.savedPath ?? null;
+    }
+    return output;
+}
+
+function createContent(content: ContentBlock): ToolCallContent {
+    return {
+        type: "content",
+        content,
+    };
+}
+
 async function createPatchContent(change: FileUpdateChange): Promise<ToolCallContent | null> {
     try {
         switch (change.kind.type) {

src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/data/image-generation-completed-only.json

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "method": "sessionUpdate",
+  "args": [
+    {
+      "sessionId": "test-session-id",
+      "update": {
+        "sessionUpdate": "tool_call",
+        "toolCallId": "image-generation-completed-only",
+        "kind": "other",
+        "title": "Image generation",
+        "status": "completed",
+        "content": [
+          {
+            "type": "content",
+            "content": {
+              "type": "image",
+              "data": "iVBORw0KGgo=",
+              "mimeType": "image/png"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "rawOutput": {
+          "status": "completed",
+          "revisedPrompt": null,
+          "result": "iVBORw0KGgo="
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}

src/__tests__/CodexACPAgent/data/image-generation-flow.json

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+  "method": "sessionUpdate",
+  "args": [
+    {
+      "sessionId": "test-session-id",
+      "update": {
+        "sessionUpdate": "tool_call",
+        "toolCallId": "image-generation-1",
+        "kind": "other",
+        "title": "Image generation",
+        "status": "in_progress",
+        "rawInput": {
+          "id": "image-generation-1"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+{
+  "method": "sessionUpdate",
+  "args": [
+    {
+      "sessionId": "test-session-id",
+      "update": {
+        "sessionUpdate": "tool_call_update",
+        "toolCallId": "image-generation-1",
+        "status": "completed",
+        "content": [
+          {
+            "type": "content",
+            "content": {
+              "type": "text",
+              "text": "Revised prompt: A tiny blue square"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "content",
+            "content": {
+              "type": "image",
+              "data": "iVBORw0KGgo=",
+              "mimeType": "image/png",
+              "uri": "/tmp/codex/generated-blue-square.png"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "rawOutput": {
+          "status": "completed",
+          "revisedPrompt": "A tiny blue square",
+          "result": "iVBORw0KGgo=",
+          "savedPath": "/tmp/codex/generated-blue-square.png"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}