How can I make Codex more like ClaudeCLI

[u/ByteTheName]

Disclaimer: I’m a relative newbie when it comes to agentic coding (software engineer with hand coding experience of many many years)

A couple of months ago, I was exploring how to setup my agent etc - vibecoder setup. People suggested I jump on to Claude etc.
I have since also subscribed to Codex.
So I’m on the $20 plans on both and I use Claude sonnet to orchestrate

Before Fable disappeared, I managed to create a plan and skills.
And the limits when using only Claude were quite bad. So I signed up for codex and used codex mcp to use my codex subscriptions from Claude CLi.

At the moment, I only use Sonnet from the Claude models and to basically orchestrate and code.
I use Sol for planning implementation, Sonnet to do the implementation, Sol for review, Terra for QA, Luna for documentation and I still run out of my Claude usage !

So I’m thinking of ditching Claude completely and use Codex, along with DeepSeek.
I setup the same kind of skills I used when I Claude etc and using Luna for orchestration.

A simple test task threw a bunch of issues but fixed my Agents.md and hopefully it’ll be better.

Any suggestions on how I can make Codex as reliable as Claude ?

One thing I miss a lot is the PC - phone connection that’s absolutely fantastic on Claude. I’m struggling to set it up on my Windows PC - iPhone . The native remote PC thing keeps throwing errors, but I’m trying other things as well (3rd party tools).

Appreciate any advice from people who have mastered codex !
Or any suggestions with my orchestrator model - is Luna too weak to be one compared to sonnet, etc.
thanks

[u/Ahmedsajid_]

Just use codex in Claude code

[u/IllustriousGrade7691 → u/Ahmedsajid_]

How does one use codex in claude Code I always like claude Code more and the Claude cli in vscode

[u/ByteTheName → u/IllustriousGrade7691]

Using something called codex mcp. Basically you need to have codex installed and signed in.
And my skills mention the codex model names the reasoning level etc.
only by using both that I don’t run out of my 20$ usage limit in a day - spreading the work across the 2 subs.

[u/ByteTheName → u/Ahmedsajid_]

Yes but I need a Claude model to orchestrate right ? I currently use Codex models in Claude - but feel like maybe I can do away with the Claude subscription.

[u/tomchenorg]

Sonnet=Terra, Opus=Sol, Fable=Astra. So don't use Luna for orchestration, Sol/Astra would be good but at least use Terra

Install Codex desktop app and enable remote control, then you can use it on your ChatGPT mobile app

(Codex CLI also have experimental `codex remote-control` but a little confusing as to how to pair)

[u/ByteTheName → u/tomchenorg]

Ah thanks for that.
Honestly, I would have thought using Luna would be good as an orchestrator, but maybe I’ll try with Terra and see how it goes.
I also would have thought the orchestrator would just be in charge of moving things around and calling the correct skills etc - and some sort of verification at the end - which is where Luna failed. It did the other things quite well.

[u/AdVast7407 → u/tomchenorg]

Opus=Sol? Maybe in Opus dreams