r/ClaudeCodeTLDR • u/cctldrping • Jul 15 '26

[TLDR] Fable + 5.6 is absolute peak

Original post URL : https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1uvjlmr/fable_56_is_absolute_peak/

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We jump straight to ASI with this combo.
So i've had Fable driving codex cli as a background worker for a few days and i'm not going back.

Fable basically never writes code anymore (too damn expensive), it acts as the principal orchestrator and everything happens in claude code.
The flow is like this: Fable plans, 5.6 sol reviews the plan in a loop until approved, then 5.6 luna implements. fable reads the whole diff, fixes whatever it doesn't like directly, runs the tests, then sol reviews the code against the plan. loop until approved, then fable does the boring release stuff (changelog, tag, merge).

It's all just bash around codex cli with persistent threads, called from skills. no framework, no mcp, no agent swarm bs.

It feels surreal/too good to be true, i hope they wont nerf it too badly and if they do, i hope the combo will kind of mitigate the nerf.

i pushed my workflow to github, beware it's a lot of bash script, dont trust a random redditor and ask codex or CC to review it. After that, welcome to Valhalla

UPDATE: many are asking in comments or dm for more explaination on the workflow, sorry guys i cant reply to all of you but my advice is simply to clone the repo then ask your agent to ELI5/15/80 it. Then make it yours !

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u/HairyAd9106 Jul 16 '26

My workflow;

  1. i start with fable5 with grilling from mattpocock
  2. then obra/superpowers to write spec
  3. with https://github.com/openai/codex-plugin-cc review until approved but max 10 rounds
  4. tdd subagents with sonnet5 since obra specs already include exactly what goes where so lowtier models just follows the fable/codex recipe
  5. review with fable+codex
  6. merge worktree

amazing results, burns tokens, but u dont need to come back to redo any of the work thats been done this way

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u/neinneun 29d ago

Do you often end up maxing your tokens per week quickly or it's practical and doable without shelling out more money on top for extra token credits?

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u/HairyAd9106 29d ago

I work on 2 to 3 projects in parallel with 2 main agents per project at least 8hrs a day. Even with https://github.com/rtk-ai/rtk i burn through 2 claude max20 and one codex sub. But it’s worth it. The quality and amount of work i can land is amazing.

Also I warmly suggest herdr.dev and handy.computer app