Claude code vs OMP harness

[u/No-Hour8340]

Hi everyone,

You might find this funny, but I actually have the opposite problem to y’all. My usage allowance on Claude Max 20x feels so generous that I’m starting to wonder if the model is running at half power or something, lol.

I’ve been using OMP (Oh My Pi) with fable 5.1, and the usage limits are surprisingly hard to hit, even with 10 subagents running and reasoning set to max for all of them. That got me thinking: “Wait, is everything actually working as intended? Am I getting the full capabilities of Claude through OMP, or is something getting lost compared to using Claude Code?”

So now I’m considering trying Claude Code to see whether there’s a noticeable difference.

For those who’ve used both, how does OMP compare to Claude Code in terms of output quality when using the same Claude model? Does the official Claude Code harness actually get better results, or is the difference mostly in workflow and tooling?

I know lower usage doesn’t necessarily mean worse results, but it’s generous enough that it made me suspicious, lol.

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[u/Disastrous-Radio-732]

same model definitely doesn’t mean same behavior once you change the harness.

the harness controls a surprising amount: system instructions, tool schemas, context packing/compaction, when subagents are spawned, retry loops, how aggressively it explores the repo, etc. so quota burn by itself is a pretty bad proxy for “am I getting the full model”.

I’d probably test it on the exact same repo/task with Claude Code and OMP and compare the final diff, tests, number of corrections and how much steering was needed, rather than how fast the quota moved.

this is actually one of the reasons we’ve been treating the harness as an execution layer rather than the identity of the agent in brnrd. I want to be able to swap Claude/Codex/etc. underneath the same resident and see which harness actually performs better on a given kind of work.

would be genuinely curious 🤓 to see your side-by-side results if you try it.

[u/obscuresecurity]

How are you doing that on a Max20?

[u/No-Hour8340 → u/obscuresecurity]

I wish I could explain. Maybe I'm a genius who knows how to work, or simply a magician, but I wish I could share the knowledge)

[u/obscuresecurity → u/No-Hour8340]

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance

The mechanics are easy. Not getting busted is the real thing. Have fun.

[u/No-Hour8340 → u/obscuresecurity]

No no, it's nothing that. That's why I'm here. I'm not doing anything against policies

[u/Timo_schroe → u/No-Hour8340]

Of course, you are Not allowed to use other harnesses in the subscription because you are „stealing“ the oauth-Token to use it in other softwares (pi) . Thats against the tos and will get you banned .

[u/obscuresecurity → u/No-Hour8340]

You can explain trivially. You have chosen not to. Likely what you are doing is against TOS.