Guides to AI coding agents
Claude Code, Codex, Grok and OpenCode, compared and explained by the people who build a Mac app that runs all four. Every fact about another company’s product is checked against its own documentation and dated.
Comparisons
The coding CLIs and the tools around them, side by side, with what each is best at.
- Updated · 11 minCodex vs Claude CodeCodex vs Claude Code as they ship in October 2026: price and limits, default models, sandboxing, instruction files, sessions and CI, and when to use both.
- Updated · 17 minCursor vs Claude CodeCursor is an AI editor, Claude Code a terminal agent, and they work together. Price, models, approvals, privacy and the SpaceX deal, checked October 2026.
- Updated · 14 minOpenCode vs Claude CodeOpenCode vs Claude Code in October 2026: why a Claude Pro or Max plan can’t be used in OpenCode, plus price, models, permissions, sessions and using both.
How-to
Install, run, resume and keep track of AI coding agents on a Mac.
- Updated · 14 minClaude Code permissions, explained: modes, sandbox and --dangerously-skip-permissionsHow Claude Code’s six permission modes, allow/ask/deny rules, /sandbox and --dangerously-skip-permissions work in October 2026, with a safe starting policy.
- Updated · 15 minHow to run several Claude Code sessions at once: worktrees, tmux and appsHow to run several Claude Code sessions at once without collisions: git worktrees, claude --worktree, agent view, tmux, notifications and quota costs.
Concepts
The ideas behind agentic coding, explained plainly.
What AI Bridge does
The app itself, one job at a time.
- Claude Code on your MacMany Claude Code sessions, each in its place, resumed tomorrow.
- Codex CLI beside Claude CodeOpenAI’s Codex CLI next to your other agents, on your own plan.
- Run several agents at onceKnow which agent needs you, without a wall of terminal tabs.
- Agents in SlackAn agent in your channel that replies as you, when you say so.
- Kubernetes beside your agentsEvery cluster, every change named and recorded.
- Ask your databasesPostgres and MongoDB in plain English; nothing runs until you say so.