Codex Consulting · Choice under context · Heuristics, not benchmarks
Decision rules from real delivery · No winner verdicts · Volatile, recheck quarterly
This page records context-dependent tool-choice heuristics, not benchmarks or a universal ranking. Evaluate Codex and Claude Code against the same repository tasks, permissions and verification requirements; recheck the decision when the tools or task change.
This page records context-dependent tool-choice heuristics, not benchmarks or a universal ranking. Evaluate Codex and Claude Code against the same repository tasks, permissions and verification requirements; recheck the decision when the tools or task change.
The end product is a decision memo your team can re-run without me, with explicit recheck triggers.
The referenced repository records describe the method. They do not establish independent validation, client outcomes or universal release compliance.
Related pages explain the approach and its scope.
The umbrella page. The gate catalog and governance surface referenced here live there.
How Claude Code is used as a consulting deliverable — CLAUDE.md architecture, hooks, gate batteries.
Methodology documents. The systems-first lens here is consistent with the tool-choice discipline on this page.
If you want a decision framework that survives the next six-week tool-update cycle, bring your task profile and your compliance posture. I will not tell you which tool "wins" — I will tell you which one I would reach for on your problem today and what would make me change that answer.