Claude outage? Just switch models.

I was in the middle of working with Claude on a project, and started getting an internal server error that ended up being an outage. I was concerned because I was on a call with a client at the time, and was looking to get some help on a specific question that he had.

Then I looked up at the top of my VSCode, and saw the Codex extension that I set up a few weeks ago. I switched out of my Claude Code window and asked Codex to get caught up on what I was working on. In less than 5 minutes, I was back to having a fully operational AI assistant with all of the necessary context needed to help me with that question and several others that came down the pipe.

This is where the ICM shows its value. Claude was down for over an hour and 45 minutes, but I didn't lose productivity because my workspace wasn't reliant on the AI I was using. This is a key differentiator between a durable system and brittle agents.

Don't get held hostage by AI models. Build the structure and adapt as needed.

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Claude outage? Just switch models.