Developer Splits AI Coding Work Between Claude and Codex on a Single Mac
A developer has shared a workflow for dividing coding tasks between two AI tools — Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex CLI — on a single Mac. Claude handles design, codebase research, and planning, while Codex is delegated repetitive or large-scale implementation and refactoring tasks via headless command-line execution. The division of labor is documented in a CLAUDE.md file, with the key principle being that complex or context-heavy coding stays with Claude rather than being offloaded. To maintain state across sessions and tools, task details and progress are written to disk files rather than relying on volatile conversation context. The developer also notes several practical pitfalls, including path issues when running Codex from cron or launchd and the need to close stdin to prevent the tool from freezing.
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