# Do coding agents recommend Strix? > Strix was chosen in 2% of 460 judged security testing sessions, ranking eighth. Measured with Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build CLI and Muse Code. Source: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-strix Published: 2026-09-28 · Updated: 2026-09-29 Publisher: Armature, Inc. (https://armature.tech) --- > Strix was chosen in 2% of 460 judged security testing sessions, ranking eighth. It was also raised as a candidate in 3 further sessions without being chosen. This page reports what happened when Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build CLI and Muse Code had to solve a problem in security testing inside a realistic codebase. Not what a chat assistant says about Strix. What an agent actually installed. ## The numbers | | | | --- | --- | | Category | Security testing | | Sessions in the category | 460 | | Sessions where Strix was chosen | 11 | | Install share | 2% | | Rank in category | 8 of 65 | | Codebases it won in | 4 | | Raised as a candidate, not chosen | 3 | | Chosen when considered | 79% | | Site | usestrix.com | ## By agent With 11 wins spread across 4 agents, the rates below are small numbers and a difference between them is not yet a finding. They are here because the direction is worth knowing, not because the gap is established. | Agent | Sessions | Chose Strix | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Claude Code | 116 | 3 | 3% | | Codex | 116 | 7 | 6% | | Grok Build CLI | 116 | 1 | 1% | | Muse Code | 112 | 0 | 0% | ## What Strix was up against The full ranking in security testing, from the same sessions: | # | Product | Runs won | Share | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | ZAP | 111 | 24% | | 2 | Semgrep | 78 | 17% | | 3 | SonarQube | 66 | 14% | | 4 | Burp Suite | 30 | 7% | | 5 | GitHub Advanced Security | 25 | 5% | | 6 | Trivy | 14 | 3% | | 7 | StackHawk | 12 | 3% | | 8 | Strix **(this page)** | 11 | 2% | ## What this means Agents almost never raise Strix without choosing it: 3 sessions raised against 11 chosen. When it gets considered, it usually wins. The constraint is how rarely it gets considered at all, which is a presence problem: templates, framework integrations and pages that answer the configuration and production questions agents actually search for. ## Where these numbers come from The 460 sessions in security testing are part of a published set of 15,000, run with real coding agents inside realistic codebases and judged blind. The full method is on one page: [how we measured this](/library/how-we-measured-this). Every security testing run can be replayed on [the board](/leaderboards/security-testing). If you work on Strix: the judge recorded a reason for every session where it was raised and passed over. Those reasons are in the transcripts. ## Common questions ### Do coding agents recommend Strix? Yes. Strix was chosen in 11 of the 460 judged sessions in security testing, a 2% install share, ranking eighth in its category. ### Does Claude Code recommend Strix? In 3 of the 116 sessions in security testing run with Claude Code, which is 3%. ### Do different coding agents treat Strix differently? Not much. Claude Code, Codex, Grok Build CLI and Muse Code chose it at similar rates, between 0% and 6% of their runs. ### How was this measured? Real coding agents at pinned versions were run in sandboxes inside 92 realistic codebases and asked to solve real tasks. A simulated project owner approved or questioned each recommendation before any code was written, and a judge from a model family that builds none of the agents read every session blind. ### How often is Strix considered but not chosen? It was raised as a candidate in 3 sessions without being chosen, and chosen in 11. That is a 79% conversion from considered to chosen. ## Read next - [How to get picked for security testing by coding agents](https://armature.tech/library/security-testing-coding-agents-playbook) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/security-testing-coding-agents-playbook.md) - [Do coding agents recommend ZAP?](https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-zap) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-zap.md) - [Do coding agents recommend Semgrep?](https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-semgrep) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-coding-agents-recommend-semgrep.md) - [Do Claude Code, Codex and Cursor pick the same tools?](https://armature.tech/library/do-claude-code-and-codex-agree) (Markdown: https://armature.tech/library/do-claude-code-and-codex-agree.md) --- Armature helps software products get discovered and used by coding agents. Service: https://armature.tech/discoverability · Results: https://armature.tech/leaderboards/sectors · Contact: contact@armature.tech