Your Coding Agent: Plan Review, Worktrees, Async Sessions & Automation via Codex and Claude Code

[kind badger]

Built-in ACP is a relay bridge, great for one-shot tasks but not real orchestration. openclaw-code-agent adds the missing layer: async session management, plan review before execution, concurrent sessions, and multi-harness support.

Three modes:

• Ask - the agent drafts a plan and waits for your go-ahead before touching anything. Review, approve, or redirect from chat. (Demo GIF in the README.)
• Delegate - the orchestrator reads the plan, auto-approves if it looks safe, and only pings you when something actually needs a decision.
• Autonomous - fully hands-off. Sessions run, complete, and report back without interruption. You get notified when it's done.

What this unlocks:

• Automatic PR reviews - spin up a session per PR, get a summary in chat, no terminal needed
• Ongoing sessions that persist across restarts and resume exactly where they left off
• Fork any session to explore a different approach without losing the original
• Claude Code and Codex through the same interface and same commands
• Auto-respond rules so routine approvals are handled automatically, and real decisions come to you

No babysitting. No copy-pasting terminal output. Full async, full control.

openclaw plugins install openclaw-code-agent
openclaw plugins enable openclaw-code-agent
openclaw gateway restart

📦 npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/openclaw-code-agent
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/goldmar/openclaw-code-agent

[hybrid heath]

This is a great plugin which helps to harness Codex and Claude Code in helping Open Claw with coding

[wraith crypt]

Hi @kind badger Thanks for the plugin.

I've been using this plugin daily and found it super useful!

Also i've created pr to add discord support and support git worktree: https://github.com/goldmar/openclaw-code-agent/pull/1

Could you please help to review the pr and check if it is ok to merge it?

[kind badger]

Thanks guys! Glad you found it useful. I wasn’t sure how interesting it still is with the built-in ACP support in OpenClaw which seems to be getting better as well. @wraith crypt I will review this next week, just need to wait until my weekly limit resets. Thanks for the contribution!

[kind badger]

@wraith crypt I’ve released a new version with enhanced worktree support. Check it out, I think you’ll like it

[kind badger]

Updates since I originally posted this:

• Worktree support

  • run sessions in isolated branches/worktrees instead of dumping everything into the main checkout
  • ask / delegate / manual worktree decision flows
  • merge + PR tooling built in
  • safer cleanup behavior

• Better plan approval UX

  • ask mode gives you the full plan in chat with Approve / Revise / Reject
  • delegate mode lets the orchestrator review first and only escalate when a human decision is actually needed

• Deterministic approval state

  • sessions now explicitly track whether they are:
    • awaiting approval
    • approved and then implemented
    • not plan-gated
  • way fewer confusing plan-mode edge cases

• Cleaner notification flow

  • much less duplicate approval/completion chatter
  • clearer ownership between plugin notifications and orchestrator follow-up
  • better multi-step input handling

• More reliable session lifecycle

  • better resume / fork flows
  • more stable follow-up behavior after restarts
  • sequential pending-input questions now surface correctly