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Claude Code + Codex split-brain workflows due to token constraints

March 27, 2026Matt Van Horn

Matt Van Horn describes hitting Claude token limits even on the $200 plan and shifting grunt work to Codex while keeping Claude Code as the “brain,” reflecting multi-model workflows driven by cost and limits.

I've been running out of Claude tokens on the $200 plan each week.
I find myself delegating almost all code to Codex.
Claude Code as the brain where my skills live, Codex to do the grunt work.
Matt Van Horn
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