Claude Code is amazing (I assume that is what you mean by Codex) it integrates into your terminal. The biggest advantage over Cursor is the use of Agents to automate your workflow. an Example is you can have a FileNaming Agent that you give a list of instructions to for whenever a new file is created so it is named a certain way, or a Comment Agent with instructions of whenever a comment is created in your code it puts certain information in. Maybe you can do this all in Cursor too but I dont know how. Also you dont need to pay for the API as you can just use your account to log into Claude Code.

Try Claude Code, especially with plugins and max plans.

All these AI coding tools make me feel like I have superpowers. It’s addictive.

If I had problems finding time and the mental power or motivation to work on projects a few years ago—projects I deemed too large a commitment of time and effort—today with Claude and Cursor I almost have too much time and bandwidth to take on new projects.

When I step back and realize this is the world we’re living in as programmers, I can barely believe it. I want to shout and laugh from joy.

It’s been months since I’ve manually written more than a few lines of syntax, and I can’t imagine ever going back.

If AI coding tools disappeared from the world today, tomorrow I would stop being a programmer—something I’ve done for over 20 years.

>> Claude Codex

Do you mean codex or Claude code standalone without cursor? Codex is OpenAI’s coding tool competing with Claude.

Based on my limited experimentation Claude code is better. I haven’t used any of these coding agents with an ide only from the cli.

Its even better when using claude code