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Stop Picking Sides. Run Claude Code And Codex In The Same Workflow.

The verified install commands and prompts I use to run Claude Code and Codex together. Codex inside Claude Code via the official plugin. Claude Code inside the Codex desktop terminal. Plus the 5 hand-off prompts that switch between them mid-session.

The verified 4-command install to add the Codex plugin inside Claude Code (works in 30 seconds)
The keyboard shortcut to run Claude Code inside the Codex desktop app (Cmd+J / Ctrl+J)
The 5 hand-off prompts I use to switch between Claude and Codex mid-session without losing context
When to use Claude vs Codex vs both, the decision shortcuts I run daily
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The install commands for running Codex inside Claude Code (and vice versa), plus the 5 hand-off prompts that turn two tools into one workflow.

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What You'll Learn

The decision tree: which tool to use for planning, coding, reviews, refactors, and debugging Codex plugin install for Claude Code in under 30 seconds (then call /codex commands inside any Claude session) The Ctrl+J workflow: running Claude Code inside the Codex desktop terminal T

The Mental Model

Claude Code is your doer.

The Decision Tree

Use this to decide which tool to fire up for which job.

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Cooper Simson

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