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Cursor forces you to switch to a different IDE (unless you'are already using VSCode), while Cloude-Code (or Aider) is simply a terminal that works in parallel to your current IDE, editing directly your project files. In my case the "IDE" is vim+tmux+bash and I prefer CLI assistants, but this applies also to people that uses a graphical IDE different from VSCode.



Doesn't it force you to switch to different IDE even when using VSCode? It's separate editor, right? At least that's how I used it. If it was just an extension, like this one, it would work so much better for me.


I know that some VSC users use Cursor for inline edits (in the main IDE UX), and also use CC in VSC's integrated terminal.




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