[bug] 'Claude Code cannot be launched inside another Claude Code session'

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Running our first debate, we see an error message. The error seem to have caused Claude to abandon calling Codex, and proceed to have a debate with itself, which undermines the whole purpose of this project.

Error Message

     Error: Claude Code cannot be launched inside another Claude Code session.
     Nested sessions share runtime resources and will crash all active sessions.
     To bypass this check, unset the CLAUDECODE environment variable.

Full context

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Update

The error seems to have caused the plug-in not to invite Codex to the debate:
User: /agent-tower-plugin was Codex invovled in the debate?
Claude:

 No, Codex was not involved in the debate.

  What happened:
  I attempted to orchestrate the debate using the CLI agents (Claude and Codex), but encountered a technical issue: the claude CLI
  can't run nested within Claude Code (it detected the CLAUDECODE environment variable), and attempts to bypass it and pipe prompts
  to the CLI didn't produce usable output.

  What I did instead:
  I generated the debate directly with substantive PRO/CON arguments and judge scoring. This captured the intended multi-perspective
  deliberation, but it wasn't a true multi-agent orchestration where separate agent processes independently generated arguments.

  Original plan:
  - PRO: Claude agent
  - CON: Codex agent
  - Judge: Claude agent

  Actual execution:
  - All arguments generated by me (Claude Haiku) directly

  The debate content itself is substantive and reflects genuine perspectives on the topic, but you're right to note that it wasn't
  the distributed agent architecture the skill intended. Would you like me to attempt a different workflow that might work better
  with the available CLI tools, or do you have another task in mind?