What changed in the major AI coding CLIs?

OpenAI upgrades Codex with default plugins, npm marketplace integration, and improved MCP tool search [5107]. Codex v0.144.3 introduces remote control via ChatGPT app, multi-agent handoffs, and DigitalOcean integration [5106]. Anthropic released an official plugin claude-code-setup that recommends automations like hooks, skills, MCP servers [5097]. Anthropic released Frontend Design, an official skill for Claude Code that enforces aesthetic direction before coding [5096]. Anthropic announced that Fable 5 usage is limited to half of weekly limit, then credits apply [5095]. Anthropic announces standardized Fable 5 access at 50% usage for plans that use it most intensively, aiming to provide more certainty [5093]. Anthropic launches Claude for Teachers, offering free premium Claude capabilities to verified K-12 educators in the US, with teaching skills and evidence-based curricula mapped to academic standards [5092]. Google Gemini CLI received multiple fixes: strip thoughts from scrubbed history turns [5091], preserve escape sequences in string literals [5090], make ~/.gitconfig read-only in macOS sandbox [5089], egress Cloud Run service skeleton [5088], resolve symbolic link directory escape in memory import processor [5087], implement Cloud Run webhook ingestion service [5086], resolve defensive path resolution for at-reference files [5085], enforce case-insensitive sensitive path blocklist [5084], fix no_proxy test [5083]. Codex desktop app received fixes: removed obsolete Codex workaround [5082], preserved composer caret after request updates [5081], resynced timeline correctly after reconnecting [5080], loaded more timeline history at once [5079], fixed project picker positioning crash [5078], kept permission auto-accept state separate per server [5077], fixed connected project picker positioning [5076], fixed spacing between model provider sections in Settings [5075], fix(core): tolerate AlreadyExists in FSUtil.ensureDir [5074], hid drawer close button on Windows [5073], stopped subagents from launching nested subagents by default with configurable subagent_depth limit [5072], home page command palette search can find and open sessions [5071], fixed custom agent selector visibility [5070], fixed startup readiness including WSL server loading [5069], improved dangerous-command detection [5068], fixed plan approvals without edits being labeled "(edited by user)" [5067], fixed hook callback timeout misreported as user rejection [5066], fixed session crash when tool result renderer returned bigint or plain text [5065], fixed paste markers leaking into external editors [5064], fixed rendered text fragment leaking into crash telemetry [5063], fixed ultracode keyword opt-in firing on non-human-originated input [5062], added startup warning for Write/NotebookEdit/Glob permission rules [5061], added live elapsed-time counter to collapsed tool summary line [5060], fixed edits that leave input as "?" being silently swallowed [5059], fixed file upload validation for DOS device suffixes and multiple hard links [5058], fixed Claude Code on Vertex and Bedrock attempting default Opus model at startup [5057], fixed auto mode overriding PreToolUse hook's ask decision for unsandboxed Bash [5056], fixed permission previews not neutralizing bidirectional-override characters [5055], fixed shell mode not executing commands containing file paths while autocomplete popup was open [5054], fixed SIGTERM during Bash tool orphaning process tree [5053], fixed continue:false hook's halt being dropped [5052], fixed plan mode auto-running file-modifying Bash commands without permission prompt [5051], added session-wide limit on WebSearch tool calls (default 200) [5050], added message.uuid, client_request_id, and tool_source to OpenTelemetry log events [5049], added ISO modified timestamp to memory file frontmatter [5048], fixed Bash permission checks for help/man commands [5047], fixed Bash permission checks for zsh variable subscripts [5046], fixed Bash permission checks for very long commands [5045], fixed Bash permission checks for file-descriptor redirect forms [5044], fixed permission-check bypass in Windows PowerShell 5.1 [5043], fixed single-segment dir/** allow rules [5042].[57]

OpenAI upgrades Codex with default plugins, npm marketplace integration, and improved MCP tool search [5107]. Codex v0.144.3 introduces remote control via ChatGPT app, multi-agent handoffs, and DigitalOcean integration [5106]. Anthropic released official plugin claude-code-setup [5097] and Frontend Design skill [5096]. Anthropic announced Fable 5 usage limits [5095, 5093]. Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers [5092]. Google Gemini CLI received multiple fixes [5091-5083]. Codex desktop app received multiple fixes [5082-5042].[11]

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