What is the primary purpose of the claude-status skill?

It monitors the state of the shared communication channel between Claude Code and Codex to ensure smooth task delegation and synchronization.

What statuses can this skill report?

It reports four specific states: idle (no active task), pending (Claude sent a task), working (Codex is processing), and done (Codex finished and is waiting for Claude to read results).

Is this skill part of a larger ecosystem?

Yes, it is specifically designed for the dual-agent development environment which pairs Claude Code with the Codex CLI in a collaborative tmux session.

How does the skill find the project collaboration data?

The skill recursively searches upward from the current directory for an .agent-collab folder, ensuring it works even when you are deep within a project's subdirectories.

Does it show the details of what Codex is doing?

Yes, if a task is pending, the skill reads and summarizes the task.md file to show exactly what Claude is asking for and the task type.

Claude-Codex Collaboration Status

Name: Claude-Codex Collaboration Status
Author: antorsae

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Collaboration Tools

Monitors and reports the real-time collaboration state between Claude Code and the Codex CLI in dual-agent environments.

About

The claude-status skill enables seamless coordination within a dual-agent development setup by tracking the communication state between Claude Code and Codex. It automatically resolves the shared collaboration directory to provide instant updates on task lifecycle phases—including idle, pending, working, and done. By summarizing pending requests and suggesting the next logical workflow action, this skill ensures developers and agents remain synchronized during complex, multi-step coding operations in collaborative tmux sessions.

Key Features

2 GitHub stars
Automated summarization of pending task requests from Claude
Contextual action suggestions for picking up or finishing tasks
Automatic .agent-collab directory discovery and resolution
Real-time status tracking for idle, pending, working, and done states
Cross-directory support for working outside the project root

Use Cases

Monitoring the progress of long-running background tasks in dual-agent setups
Identifying the next command needed to sync state between agents
Verifying if Codex has successfully received a task delegated by Claude

About

Key Features

2 GitHub stars
Automated summarization of pending task requests from Claude
Contextual action suggestions for picking up or finishing tasks
Automatic .agent-collab directory discovery and resolution
Real-time status tracking for idle, pending, working, and done states
Cross-directory support for working outside the project root

Use Cases

Monitoring the progress of long-running background tasks in dual-agent setups
Identifying the next command needed to sync state between agents
Verifying if Codex has successfully received a task delegated by Claude