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relay-baton is a local handoff and token-diet harness developed by DongGeon Lee, currently at version 1.6.1 and representing the tenth published release in the catalog, indicating a version history spanning ten iterations of ongoing refinement. The software addresses a specific workflow challenge faced by developers who work with multiple AI coding assistants on a single project: it enables Codex CLI and Claude Code to take turns operating on the same repository without requiring the user to manually re-paste the chat log, the diff, or the repository contents at each transition point. In this sense, relay-baton functions as an interoperability and continuity layer between two command-line AI coding tools, preserving the conversational and code context that would otherwise need to be reconstructed by hand every time control passes from one assistant to the other. Its "token-diet" characteristic reflects its purpose of managing and reducing the amount of context that must be transferred during these handoffs, keeping the information exchanged between sessions lean rather than duplicating full conversation histories. The software falls within the developer tooling and AI-assisted coding category, and it is particularly relevant to workflows that treat different AI agents as complementary contributors rather than exclusive choices. Typical use cases include switching between Codex CLI and Claude Code mid-task when one model is better suited to a particular stage of work, resuming a session started by one assistant under the other assistant, and maintaining a continuous development thread across alternating tool sessions on a shared codebase. As a locally run harness, relay-baton operates in the user's own environment alongside the CLI tools it connects, orchestrating the exchange of repository state and context so that each handoff preserves momentum instead of forcing a fresh start. With ten versions published, the project demonstrates an established release cadence, and version 1.6.1 serves as the current stable entry point for users adopting the tool.
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