Live review
Review an agent’s diff before it lands
- Claude CodeYou already pay Anthropic, you want real-time hooks, or the team is already in the habit of Claude sessions.
- CodexOpenAI’s model does better on that repo, or the assignment fits the Codex flow you already know.
- BothOne builds and the other reviews the diff. doki can chain them in a combo until the result is approved or stuck.
| Claude Code | Codex | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | OpenAI |
| Sessions | ~/.claude/projects | ~/.codex/sessions |
| Real time in doki | Hooks in settings.json | Session and process reads |
| Resume with the terminal closed | claude -p --resume | codex exec resume |
| Where you type | Terminal or iTerm2 | Terminal or iTerm2 |
| Cross review | Can be reviewer or author | Same, in a doki combo |
Why they feel the same
You open a terminal in the repo, describe the outcome, and the agent edits, runs tests, and stops. From the outside, Claude and Codex share that pace. That is why people search “vs” as if one will delete the other.
Underneath, the model, the token price, the tools each CLI exposes, and the place the history is stored all change. Those details decide more than a generic benchmark table.
A split that skips the duel
Let one implement and the other read the diff with a different model. doki has combos for that: builder and reviewer pass the result back and forth until it is approved or they get stuck and call you. The review verdict — ready, review, don’t merge — is in diff review.
Each one should get its own worktree. Two terminal agents in the same checkout collide even when the brands differ.
How doki attends to them without merging them
The conversations do not fuse. Claude stays in its transcript and Codex in its own. What unifies is attention: one list, the same shortcuts, the same iPhone alert. Claude Code vs doki and Codex vs doki go into each integration.
Turning on hooks only changes how immediate Claude feels. Codex does not use that file. Both can be answered with the terminal closed, each with its own resume command.
How to choose without an endless benchmark
Run the same bounded assignment on both, on separate branches, and keep the diff a human would approve. The model that wins on a frontend repo does not have to win on a migration.
A doki subscription does not settle that duel. It only makes the trial cheap to run, because you are not watching two terminals by hand.
Frequently asked questions
Is Codex the same as ChatGPT?
Not in this context. Here Codex is the CLI that works on the repository and leaves sessions in ~/.codex/sessions. doki follows those sessions, not a loose web chat.
Can I move a Claude conversation to Codex?
Not as an automatic handoff of the thread. You can ask Codex to read the branch Claude left. They are different sessions.
Which one spends less?
It depends on each provider’s plan and how long the agent runs. doki does not include those tokens. Compare the model bill, not the Inbox bill.
Do I need doki to use both?
No. You can open two terminals. doki is what you need when those questions get lost, or when you want to answer from the keyboard, by voice, or from your phone.
