Comprehensive comparison of Claude Code, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, and Codex:
- Hooks/lifecycle events (Claude/Gemini best, OpenCode most comprehensive)
- Subagent spawning (MCP is universal bridge)
- File access (Gemini has path restrictions - skills-bo8)
- Sandboxing (Codex has OS-level, others approval-based)
- State persistence (need external store for cross-agent)
Key finding: Orchestrator pattern works across all agents.
Stop hooks only in Claude/Gemini - others need protocol-based gates.
Closes: skills-fqu
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
