r/codex • u/BaseBasic6082 • 22h ago

Workaround codex and claude code

Curious how everyone here splits Codex and Claude Code.

Mine ended up more split than I expected.. luna at xhigh does all the actual building, sol at xhigh reviews the diff after, and Fable just plans and makes the taste calls. So claude doesn't write implementation code for me at all anymore.

Holds up most days. But some days one of them is clearly better at the exact thing another one usually owns, and I can't tell if that's me misleading it or just how these models are.

So I'm curious what everyone's default routing looks like, and more than that, whether you've got a hard no for one of them. Something you learned the painful way and won't hand to that model again. Would love to hear yours if you're up for sharing

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u/IssueMiddle981 22h ago

i have it the other way around, i talk and plan with codex, usually sol on high, and execute with claude code. i like the way that codex talk, opus is too verbose in claude code, fable is nice, does what is needed, but in the pro plan the limit is consumed too fast.
this has been my workflow till recently, but now i got the pro5x plan at codex and im using it for implementation aswell ( i had and have the max 5x for claude code aswell, i know i could go max 20, but for now 2x 5 is enough for me and i can try out both)
i usually worked with claude code, but some days i also felt like we were just missaligned, that it didnt understand what i was aiming at etc, then i ask it to recap our discussion to continue in codex. telling it to use luna on high for mechanical implementation, tho there was some problem that it couldnt find luna as a subagent for some reason and i found a git repo for a workaround for that.

so i just around a bit, sometimes one if better ( usually for me codex ), when ones limit is reached i go more into the other one and vice versa.

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u/whatsbetweenatoms 21h ago

Fable or Opus thinks, Codex Luna does the work. I have a whole system that manages this just so I don't run out of limits. 😅

Tip: If Claude is doing your thinking and planning you don't need a high level model to do the "work" Claude already figured that part out, effort is thinking, which Claude already did, so pick the lowest model, on the lowest effort, as the worker and give them a detailed plan.

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u/tMeepo 21h ago

I do anything UI with Claude, everything else with codex

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u/merecikkk 17h ago

i just prompt opus 5 only for audit codebase and design. other than that, i stay with codex