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Is there a way to get subagents to talk to each other?

I’m wondering if I can get subagents to talk to each other, since last time, my task didn’t end up too well. The main agent wasn't able to handle the work.

Is there an MCP tool or plugin that I can use to have them talk to each other? I’m also wondering if I can have the other agents ping like a note agent or something, something similar. Or some skill/something even more ambitious like a chat group?

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 2 days ago

I think we’re getting selectively nerfed or buffed models (or selectively bad or good limits).

Half of you are getting nerfed models or getting terrible limits. The other half are getting great limits and great models.

It doesn’t make sense. The only way this works is if OpenAI is A/B testing this.

It’s the only reasonable explanation apart from them just having really bad backend services. Or go listen to Tibo. To be fair, it’s definitely possible they have a bad backend, since users on Free used to have unlimited GPT-5.5 (although in my experience, it wasn’t the real deal). But their issues can’t have continued for this long.

I just don’t get it. This will benefit OpenAI. And the people who have just bought a Pro plan seem to be getting the best experience. I’ve even heard people say buying a new account helps rather than renewing your old one.

The people who are saying Codex is working horribly for them ARE NOT wrong.

The people who are saying Codex is working amazingly for them are ALSO NOT wrong.

Don’t you get it?

Evidence to suggest some people have nerfed limits:

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ukhb52/10_of_monthly_limit_gone_in_a_few_file_reads/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1u9tm3i/why_5hour_limits_run_out_faster/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ukuyqg/i_just_asked_for_a_tiny_little_change_and_its/

Evidence to suggest some people have nerfed models:

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ujnwxb/codex_quality_issues_in_realworld_coding_ignored/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ukh4ey/youre_right_to_push_back_55_xhigh/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1u8zl0h/gpt_is_absolutely_downgraded_cannot_follow_simple/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ukuyqg/i_just_asked_for_a_tiny_little_change_and_its/

To suggest good limits:

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1uboucu/the_200_pro_plan_is_completely_worth_it_for_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ugpk46/im_rich/

To suggest good models:

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ui8zbh/hello_codex_for_good/

https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1ugbiob/no_prior_coding_experience_codex_just_built_my/

Of course, because we have to provide evidence for everything now.

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 4 days ago

Using this for Codex CLI?

https://freemodel.dev/invite/FRE-c7bb4482

(Yes, it’s a referral link which is supposed to give both of us $10 extra. If you are that bothered, remove it.)

It seems to give me real 5.5, with $66/mo and $10/5h as limits. However, it’s still real usage, and over a month that’s like $300. And I have got multiple accounts, but it’s kind of annoying to switch.

The main bottleneck is the $10/5h limit.

Anyone here know it? Is it worth it? I‘m currently testing it on 5.5-low.

edit: works on Codex GUI

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 15 days ago
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On the free plan, a glitch meant I got unlimited usage. I burned $70,000. AMA.

(All on extra high for two weeks straight, for the most part, while I was sleeping as well.)

This is why we can’t have nice things. I‘m sorry, but at least I’m facing insane withdrawal symptoms from my sudden drop in availability for such a model.

In total I think I’ve burned between 25-30 billion tokens.

For context: it is not just me. I have met other people who had this same “issue” and there were also other people who were stupid enough to post about it on GitHub got it sorted out for them.

https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/20238

My usage was stuck at 100% (then dropped to 97% for some reason, same as others) but the main thing is that it wouldn’t go down by a single cent. There are other factors though. I don’t know if OpenAI is serving a lobotomised model or not, but it did around two weeks of work for three, increasingly getting worse on the third (preferring AB testing than actually doing hard work and lying to me about one important thing). But I do know someone who burned seven billion tokens as well. There must be loads of other users who got this too. I’m pretty surprised the coverage is very bad.

Honestly, maybe it’s a conspiracy. OpenAI might have been testing this to farm data or something from free users. For one, that one task was to do with video encoding and stuff, so maybe they got some good data from that.

Well, on I think Monday, I decided to set up Codex Mobile. Since that, I started burning like crazy and was gone in three minutes. There‘s my downfall. I did everything, but couldn’t get it back. So I decided to post here.

One issue about ccusage could be that while I was running GPT-5.5 extra high for around three weeks straight (~500h?) with two or three 5.5 medium subagents 10% of the time, I have multiple “rollout“ session files for the same thread. I definitely did not burn 12 billion tokens on May 25, that was my thread in total or something. ccusage is not 100% accurate. I don’t know if the rollout files are identical or anything, but if they are the same (eerily same numbers) then I’m probably at $60k usage than $80k. Still, because I had to move out some session files (6 gigs worth), I’ve had to estimate. Could be $60k. Could be $90.

That $70 is comprised of a single thread burning around $60 and another one or two burning $10k more. And I’m going to take off $15k because those were to do with my past subscriptions.

u/BritishDudeGuy — 1 month ago

For anyone using ChatGPT Codex (GUI), don’t update the app…

Feels like every time I update the app, something goes wrong. This time, goals are half broken, the agent keeps asking me when my config says it is allowed to do stuff without asking me, all my subagents have come back (now I got 100 something) and the app is slower.

I’m never going to update it again. Or is this an issue for any of you guys as well?

At this point, I might just switch to the CLI.

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 1 month ago

For anyone using ChatGPT Codex (GUI), don’t update the app…

Feels like every time I update the app, something goes wrong. This time, goals are half broken, the agent keeps asking me when my config says it is allowed to do stuff without asking me, all my subagents have come back (now I got 100 something) and the app is slower.

I’m never going to update it again. Or is this an issue for any of you guys as well?

At this point, I might just switch to the CLI.

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 1 month ago
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Do not update the Codex app…

Feels like every time I update the app, something goes wrong. This time, goals are half broken, the agent keeps asking me when my config says it is allowed to do stuff without asking me, all my subagents have come back (now I got 100 something) and the app is slower.

I’m never going to update it again. Or is this an issue for any of you guys as well?

At this point, I might just switch to the CLI.

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 1 month ago
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Is 258+k context better than going above it?

I’m doing complex binary reverse-engineering, so I’m wondering if it’s worth it to go up to 400k. 258k is quite limiting, but I wonder if I’ll encounter context rot?

Yes, I do know going past my limit will result in 2x usage, but I’m more concerned about intelligence. Would the increase in context rot not be worth it? Say my tasks don’t use too much quota, so price isn’t a factor for me.

Would medium/high deal with it better?

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u/BritishDudeGuy — 2 months ago
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I’m surprised it could do it.

The solution wasn’t that hard, but no other model could do it.

This was 5.5 Extra High.

u/BritishDudeGuy — 2 months ago