Want Opus as main agent in Codex desktop? One dev is stuck between toolchains
kevinkern · x · 2026-09-26
kevinkern finds it sensible to run Opus 5.5 as the main agent with astra handling reviews—but Codex desktop won't let him select Opus as the main agent without a Claude subscription, and switching to Claude Code means losing app thread spawning, native browser use, and computer use. His post captures the current friction of incompatible coding agent ecosystems.
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