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Coding AI

14 posts about coding ai.

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Claude Code and Codex, in order

A path from installing a terminal coding agent to running it headless in CI, built on Claude Code and Codex docs. Read it in order the first time: each stage assumes the habits from the one before.

Getting started

  1. Install Claude Code and Codex, Then Run a First Task

    Install both CLIs, sign in, and fix one failing test in a scratch repo you can check with a single command.

  2. CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md: What Coding Agents Read

    How each tool loads its instruction file, one file that serves both, and a worked AGENTS.md for a Next.js app.

Daily use

  1. Plan Mode and Agent-Sized Tasks for Coding Agents

    When to plan before editing, and how to cut a feature into tasks that each end in a check.

  2. How to Review a Coding Agent's Diff

    Read an agent's diff in the order that finds risk first, with a checklist to copy.

  3. Git Workflows with Claude Code and Codex

    Branches, commits, worktrees, and PRs with an agent, and the git actions that stay with a human.

Advanced

  1. Hooks for Coding Agents: Rules the Model Can't Skip

    Turn the rules an agent keeps forgetting into checks that run every time.

  2. Subagents and Parallel Work With Coding Agents

    Split research and review into separate contexts, and run sessions side by side without collisions.

  3. MCP Servers for Coding Agents: Claude Code and Codex

    Connect an agent to context that lives outside the repo, and decide which servers earn a place.

  4. Skills and Reusable Instructions for Coding Agents

    Package a workflow you repeat into instructions the agent loads only when it needs them.

  5. Headless and CI Use of Coding Agents

    Run an agent without a human in the loop, in scripts and CI, with permissions to match.

Comparisons

  1. Codex vs Claude Code vs Cursor: Workflows, Guardrails and Prices

    The three tools compared on the same terms once you know how each one works.

  2. Claude Code vs GitHub Copilot: AI Coding Compared

    A terminal agent against an in-editor assistant, and which work each one suits.