› Since mid-October, I’ve had a regular work routine: Claude Code plans a task, I copy its prompt into Codex in another window, wait for the result and paste it back.
› It worked, but I was acting as the courier.
› OpenAI has released an official plugin that removes that step: Claude Code can now send a task to Codex, wait for the result and bring it back into the conversation.I installed it on November 3.
› Here’s what it includes, how it uses tokens and your usage limit, what to leave switched off, and what went wrong on my first attempt.Codex plugin for Claude Code at a glanceInstall: /plugin marketplace add openai/codex-plugin-cc, then /plugin install codex@openai-codexRequirements: Node.js 18.18 or later and a ChatGPT account, including a free account, or an OpenAI API keyMain commands: /codex:rescue delegates a task; /codex:review reviews codeCost: Plugin tasks count toward your Codex plan limitLeave off: The review gate that runs after every response, unless you’re monitoring the sessionInstall the plugin with four commandsEnter these commands in Claude Code, in order:/plugin marketplace add openai/codex-plugin-cc /plugin install codex@openai-codex /reload-plugins /codex:setupThe last command checks whether Codex is installed and signed in.