Claude manages, Codex grinds
Make Claude the manager and Codex the grunt-work crew. X user describing his two-harness split.
what to steal
Use one model to plan architecture and another to churn through build steps.
Our takeaway from the source, not a quote.
merlin-claude-manager-codex-workers.toml
# Make Claude the manager and Codex the grunt-work crew # source: https://x.com/Merlin412188240/status/2110430750809964852 [rig] who = "X user describing his two-harness split" author = "@Merlin412188240" date = "2026-10-14" harness = ["Claude Code", "Codex"] models = ["Claude Fable (medium) as manager", "GPT-6 Astra (high) on Codex"] [keep] - Claude builds core architecture - Claude manager sends build-out steps to Codex agents
Source: https://x.com/Merlin412188240/status/2110430750809964852 · checked 2026-10-14
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