I'd argue my experience with Claude Sonnet/Opus through Copilot has just been... better. More consistent. Faster
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In the thread “Codex vs. Claude Code (today)”, replying to this comment
Helped: Using Claude models within GitHub Copilot for complex Python codebases.
Got in the way: Codex feels tone-deaf and doesn't adjust to codebase context.
… When I'm working on something complex, both planning and implementation, I frequently ask Codex to review Claude's work, and it does a good job at that, frequently catching a mistake or coming up with a different angle. I've toyed with kilocode, cline and the related forks through Claude Opus 4.5 API, but I'd argue my experience with Claude Sonnet/Opus through Copilot has just been... better. More consistent. Faster. Sometimes I code with local models, when I'm working on highly confidential projects or data. …