Use Codex from Claude Code to review code or delegate tasks.
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This is a Claude Code plugin that integrates OpenAI's Codex directly into the Claude Code workflow, enabling users to perform code reviews (both standard and adversarial) and delegate tasks through slash commands. It is specialized for Claude Code users who want seamless Codex integration without switching tools, and is not suitable for users outside the Claude Code ecosystem or those without an OpenAI subscription.
Inferred from signals mentioned in the README (tests, CI, type safety) — not a review of the actual code.
AI's overall editorial judgment — not an average of the bars above, can weigh other factors too.
OpenAI's Claude Code plugin bridges Codex reviews and task delegation into Anthropic's CLI
codex-plugin-cc is an official OpenAI plugin that embeds Codex capabilities—code review, adversarial review, background task delegation, and session transfer—directly inside Claude Code's slash-command interface. It targets developers who already use Claude Code as their primary AI coding environment but want to leverage Codex's review or agentic task execution without leaving that workflow. The plugin is officially maintained by OpenAI, lowering trust friction, and covers a real interoperability gap between two competing AI coding ecosystems.
Created March 2026, roughly contemporaneous with the public availability of Claude Code's plugin marketplace. Appears to be OpenAI's strategic response to Claude Code's growing share among developer-tool users, offering cross-tool compatibility rather than forcing users to choose.
Accumulated ~23,800 stars in roughly 3 months, with 2,085 stars in the last 7 days alone—an unusually steep curve. This is most likely driven by the novelty of an official cross-vendor plugin, coverage from developer communities and tech media, and the organic overlap between Claude Code and Codex user bases. The star velocity suggests a current spike rather than steady compounding growth.
No independent case studies, blog posts, or third-party production usage data are available in the provided metadata. Given it is an official OpenAI plugin for an emerging marketplace, real-world adoption is plausible among Claude Code users but adoption at scale is not verified.
Appears to be a Claude Code plugin written in JavaScript, likely composed of slash-command handlers that shell out to the locally installed @openai/codex npm package. Based on README, the plugin likely uses Claude Code's subagent and hook infrastructure (e.g., SessionStart hook for transcript path), and wraps Codex CLI commands for background job management and session import/export.
not documented in README
Last push June 23, 2026, about 11 days before evaluation date—active and recently updated. Official OpenAI ownership suggests sustained maintenance is probable. No changelog or release cadence is documented in the available README excerpt.
ADOPT IF: you are an active Claude Code user who also has a ChatGPT subscription or OpenAI API access and want Codex code reviews or task delegation without switching tools. AVOID IF: you do not already use Claude Code as your primary coding interface, or if you are wary of cross-vendor authentication complexity and dual-vendor dependency. MONITOR IF: you are evaluating whether the Claude Code plugin ecosystem matures enough to support production team workflows, or if OpenAI expands the plugin's capabilities beyond review and rescue tasks.
Independent dimensions
Mainstream potential
5/10
Technical importance
6/10
Adoption evidence
2/10
- Dual-vendor dependency: requires both Claude Code and an OpenAI account/API key to function; disruption or pricing changes at either vendor breaks the workflow.
- Plugin ecosystem immaturity: Claude Code's plugin marketplace is relatively new (early 2026); stability, API contracts, and marketplace policies may shift.
- Star count may overstate adoption: high star velocity on a cross-vendor novelty item does not reliably indicate active daily usage or production deployment.
- Underlying Codex CLI is a hard dependency: any breaking changes or deprecation in @openai/codex will directly impact this plugin with no fallback.
- Limited community ecosystem: as an official vendor plugin rather than a community project, external contributions and third-party extensions are likely constrained.
Likely to remain a useful niche bridge tool for developers with multi-tool AI workflows, growing steadily as Claude Code's marketplace matures, but unlikely to expand far beyond its current focused scope.
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- Language
- JavaScript
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last updated
- 2d ago
- Created
- 3mo ago
- Analyzed with
- anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5
Stars over time
Contributors over time
Top 100 contributors only — repos with more will plateau at 100.
Open issues
`task --help` is forwarded as the task prompt: launches a real Codex thread and registers a session-tagged job instead of printing usage
Current Plugin does not support gpt-5.6 model family
Stop review hook should return early when stop_hook_active is true
Make gpt-5-4-prompting skill model-neutral and multi-agent aware
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codex-action integrates Codex into GitHub Actions CI pipelines, targeting automated review on pull requests. codex-plugin-cc targets interactive use inside the Claude Code editor session. Different workflow stages; not directly competing.
The parent Codex CLI/TUI (95k stars) is the underlying engine. codex-plugin-cc is a thin integration layer, not a replacement—value depends entirely on Codex CLI quality.
Claudian (13.6k stars, TypeScript) appears to integrate Codex or similar capabilities into Claude workflows differently. Less clear scope from metadata alone, but it represents community-built alternatives to this official plugin.
lazycodex focuses on lazy/deferred Codex invocation patterns. Narrower scope than codex-plugin-cc; likely serves a different subset of power users rather than Claude Code plugin users specifically.
The openai/plugins repo likely provides general plugin infrastructure or examples. codex-plugin-cc is a specific application built on top of that pattern, not a general-purpose plugin framework.