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A Fable of Codexes

Claude Code skills that make Claude the conductor of a fleet of parallel Codex workers.

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What is A Fable of Codexes?

A Fable of Codexes is a Claude Code skill that makes Claude plan the work, dispatch parallel OpenAI Codex workers in separate git worktrees, and verify every branch before it merges. Opus design agents lead squads, scouts survey the codebase, and campaign state lives in the repo so a later session can resume mid-campaign.

Pros

  • Runs many coding agents in parallel without branch collisions
  • Verifies every branch before merging
  • MIT licensed and follows the Agent Skills spec

Cons

  • Best results need both Claude and Codex access, which can be costly
  • Large multi-agent campaigns can use a lot of tokens

Who should use A Fable of Codexes

Developers who want to orchestrate large coding tasks across a fleet of agents.

Who may not need it

People who work on small tasks with a single assistant.

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