Ultracode for Codex: Claude-style Dynamic Workflows with a Skill

Pavel Kalo Posted on May 31           Ultracode for Codex: Claude-style Dynamic Workflows with a Skill # ai # claude # codex # agents Claude Code added Dynamic Workflows. Dynamic Workflows are a way to run larger coding tasks as a sequence of planned steps. Claude Code can split the work, run independent parts, check the results, and integrate the final answer. For small tasks, this is unnecessary. One agent can edit directly. For larger tasks, the sequence is: plan -> split -> run independent work -> check results -> integrate -> verify Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Anthropic also describes an ultracode setting for Claude Code. It uses higher effort and can decide when to turn a task into a Dynamic Workflow. Codex does not have that exact feature. However, Codex already has two relevant pieces: skills, loaded from SKILL.md subagents, when the host environment exposes them Codex can follow the same sequence, but it is not the same native implementation. Summary: Claude Code has native Dynamic Workflows. Codex can approximate the same procedure with a skill. Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Repo: https://github.com/PabloNAX/ultracode-skill What Claude Code added Dynamic Workflows are for tasks that are too large for a single pass. For example: repo-wide bug hunts migrations security audits work that needs independent verification work where several files or systems have to be understood before editing The workflow is: The orchestration does not happen inside one normal reply. In a normal chat loop, the model has to keep planning, editing, checking, and summarizing in one stream. That works for small jobs. It gets messy when the task is large. Dynamic Workflows make the work explicit: first plan then split then run independent parts then check then integrate There is a cost trade-off. Anthropic warns that Dynamic Workflows can use much more than a normal Claude Code session, and the first workflow trigger