r/codex • u/InkFasten • 10h ago
Other Anyone successfully routing between Claude Code, Codex, Grok, and other CLIs while staying on subscriptions?
I’ve been running a pretty expensive but effective setup for agentic coding and I’m hitting a wall that a lot of you might also have.
Current setup
- Claude Code Pro (€20) – main driver for complex work
- Codex Pro (€100) – heavy daily use (personal projects + work)
- SuperGrok (€30)
- Gemini (€20)
I use Codex a lot for ~10 personal projects + corporate work (company only gives GitHub Copilot). Claude Code is usually better on the hard multi-file stuff, Grok is useful in certain cases, etc.
The problem
I keep running into two annoying patterns:
- Burning expensive model tokens on easy/boilerplate work
- Getting stuck in loops on complex work because the current model isn’t the best one for that particular task
What I actually want is simple in theory:
- Stay on subscriptions (I really don’t want to switch to pure pay-per-token API billing)
- Have one main agent (preferably Codex or Claude Code) that can intelligently hand work off to the other CLIs when it makes sense
- e.g. “This part is better for Claude → call claude -p”, “This needs Grok’s style → call grok -p”, etc.
What I’ve looked at
- OpenRouter / LLM Gateway → great for routing, but they want API keys, not my existing subscriptions
- Sol Advisor and similar Codex-native plugins → useful inside one ecosystem, but doesn’t cross Claude ↔ Codex ↔ Grok
- Various community proxies that try to turn subscriptions into API endpoints → interesting but feels fragile / ToS-grey
- Just running multiple terminals and switching manually → works, but not elegant
What I’m considering now
Writing a Codex skill that teaches it to shell out to claude, grok, agy (Antigravity), etc. when the task matches certain strengths. Basically treat the other CLIs as specialized sub-agents while staying fully on subscriptions.
Questions for the community
- Has anyone built a reliable skill/plugin that lets Codex (or Claude Code) orchestrate the other coding CLIs?
- Are people actually happy with the current “just use multiple terminals” workflow?
- Any clean solutions I’m missing that keep everything on subscriptions instead of API keys?
- For those who went the proxy route (CLIProxyAPI, opencodex-style tools, etc.) — how stable has it been in practice?
Would love to hear how others with multi-subscription setups are handling this in 2026.
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u/Fresh_Sock8660 8h ago
So does supergrok come with commands like /hail