New and confused. With cursor I can use any AI. If I use Claude code, then what? I don't have it yet just wondering.

I heard few days ago that Claude 3.7 was unavailable briefly on some IDEs. However. Is there any IDE available to use with it?

I've been an IntelliJ IDEA user since the 1.0 release, which is quite a long time. My license is up for renewal, and lately, with Claude Code, I've been typing so much less that I've realized the old IDE model may not be the best for coding agentically.

So I tried a couple of terminal windows side by side, one for claude, and one for the command line, and it's not bad with vi, but it's tedious to track down whatever file Claude is modifying to do a diff.

So... what are people using with Claude Code to get work done?

I am currently planning to upgrade my subscription from Claude Pro to Claude Max to fully utilize its capabilities.

My primary tasks revolve around automation work, involving multiple languages such as PowerShell, Batch, Bash, and Python.

While I notice that many developers rely on VS Code, I’m seriously considering switching to Cursor for my workflow.
The main reason is that with Claude integrated into Cursor, I would no longer need to manually copy and paste code from https://claude.ai/ into my windows notepad — instead, I could interact directly with Claude inside the editor, allowing it to automatically generate, modify, and improve the code within the development environment itself.

This approach could significantly streamline my workflow and improve efficiency across my automation projects.

I’m exploring different IDEs to use alongside Claude AI for coding assistance and productivity. Whether it’s writing Java, Go, or working on general software projects—what IDEs or editors work best with Claude?

Would love to hear your setup or any tips to improve the workflow with Claude AI.

Thanks to the many answers to my questions about Claude Code, I am now trying to evaluate the best approach. Since I already have a year subscription to CursorAI, and I also don't vibe code, but do a combo, I still need an IDE. So I have a couple of questions, is the best way to use Claude in Cursor via Claude plugin or use Kilo, and if I use Kilo, do I use their access to Claude or get my own API access? I would assume Kilo doesn't give me Claude CLI but Kilo has a ton of context keeping which is supposed to be superior to Claude code VS plugin. If I am going to spend $100/month on Claude I need to find the most optimal setup. 1) Cursor + Kilo + own API access and Claude CLI, 2) Cursor + Claude plugin + Claude CLI, or 3) Cursor + Kilo and pay for Claude Code through Kilo.

I’m trying different IDEs like VScode + RooCode+OpenRouter etc, Cursor, Claude Desktop, Vscode copilot. Currently have a few teams working on different projects on GitHub so I think I need MCP to help get my local environments up quickly so I can see the different projects. A lot of the projects are already live on linux servers so testing needs to be done before code is pushed.

How do you guys maintain multiple projects so you can provide feedback to your teams? Whats the best way to get an updated understanding on the codebase across multiple projects?

P.s Im also hiring devs for different projects. Python and JS mostly.

I am coming from an 5 years strike of using Jetbrains, I love the eco system, and got the subscription always as an employee free.

Recently I made a change and decided to develop my own thing. I had quit my job, and decided to go the way of an entrepreneur, and have my own thing that I started to work upon.

I haven’t utilized the power of AI while working as an employee, but I am curious to play with it and leverage my already existing skills, and I know I could profit from it.

I already decided on Claude Code with the max plan, looking in any direction screams currently that it is the best tool in the market.

And I am wondering what IDE to use with it.

Coming from Jetbrains, I would love to use Webstorm & DataGrip, but using it always through an employer put me currently on a new account with the highest fee tier (Webstorm would be 69$ a year and DataGrip would be 99$ a year).

Also, I decided not to go with individual packs, if I will go with jetbrains, I will take the all Products pack, that will put me in the loop for all future products, and I could use also Junie and AI Assistance, plus I could use IntelliJ instead of Android Studio. Talking with Jetbrains I got an offer for the all product pack for 260$ for the first year (next year would be the 231$ and then 173$ onwards from 3rd year).

I am wondering whether it is an overkill.

Yeah, sure, I really love having jetbrains, but it is expensive, and I am considering whether the benefits are worth the price.

I can go to VScode, yet I left it years ago and was happy with jetbrains as the replacement.

I could also use cursor, and possibly pay for the 20$ plan.

And as far as DataGrip goes, I never encountered a better solution. I work with Postgres, and yeah pgadmin and dbeaver are nice, but not as smooth as DataGrip.

My stack is React, Node, Flutter and Postgres.

What would you do in my shoes? Jetbrains eco system? cursor with subscription? or go less cost with vscode?

And what currently is your preferred IDE and DB tool together with Claude Code?

I'm still new to all this and have only used claude code, I just wanted to know what ide you use

I really don't like vs code and usually use jetbraisn the things you have to pay an extra 20 for it so I was just what you used

I originally was using Claude Code CLI in VS Code, but keep hearing great things about Cursor (and more recently Zed). I've tried switching to Cursor bur feel like I must be missing usage patterns that make it allegedly better.

I'd love to get advice - what are folks using IDE-wise with the Claude Code CLI and what works best (or doesn't)?

Switched from IDEs to Claude Code in terminal. Now I rarely use full IDEs - just command line and occasional direct code edits.

Anyone else made this transition? What's your experience been like?

Considring going back to the IDE, any good plugins or terminal IDE integrations to streamline working with Claude?

Hey all. I'm using Claude more frequently for longer codebases. Up until now, I have simply interacted with it via claude.ai chat console, but the codebase is getting too long and I am running up against the console's max output lengths. What applications can I use to work on longer codebases? (Note that I'm usually on a Mac.)

Thanks!

Since ChatGPT came out about a year ago the way I code, but also my productivity and code output has changed drastically. I write a lot more prompts than lines of code themselves and the amount of progress I’m able to make by the end of the end of the day is magnitudes higher. I truly believe that anyone not using these tools to code is a lot less efficient and will fall behind.

A little bit o context: I’m a full stack developer. Code mostly in React and flaks in the backend.

My AI tools stack:

Claude Opus (Claude Chat interface/ sometimes use it through the api when I hit the daily limit)

In my experience and for the type of coding I do, Claude Opus has always performed better than ChatGPT for me. The difference is significant (not drastic, but definitely significant if you’re coding a lot).

GitHub Copilot

For 98% of my code generation and debugging I’m using Claude, but I still find it worth it to have Copilot for the autocompletions when making small changes inside a file for example where a writing a Claude prompt just for that would be overkilled.

I don’t use any of the hyped up vsCode extensions or special ai code editors that generate code inside the code editor’s files. The reason is simple. The majority of times I prompt an LLM for a code snippet, I won’t get the exact output I want on the first try. It of takes more than one prompt to get what I’m looking for. For the follow up piece of code that I need to get, having the context of the previous conversation is key. So a complete chat interface with message history is so much more useful than being able to generate code inside of the file. I’ve tried many of these ai coding extensions for vsCode and the Cursor code editor and none of them have been very useful. I always go back to the separate chat interface ChatGPT/Claude have.

Prompt engineering

Vague instructions will product vague output from the llm. The simplest and most efficient way to get the piece of code you’re looking for is to provide a similar example (for example, a react component that’s already in the style/format you want).

There will be prompts that you’ll use repeatedly. For example, the one I use the most:

Respond with code only in CODE SNIPPET format, no explanations

Most of the times when generating code on the fly you don’t need all those lengthy explanations the llm provides before/after the code snippets. Without extra text explanation the response is generated faster and you save time.

Other ones I use:

Just provide the parts that need to be modified

Provide entire updated component

I’ve the prompts/mini instructions I use saved the most in a custom chrome extension so I can insert them with keyboard shortcuts ( / + a letter). I also added custom keyboard shortcuts to the Claude user interface for creating new chat, new chat in new window, etc etc.

Some of the changes might sound small but when you’re coding every they, they stack up and save you so much time. Would love to hear what everyone else has been implementing to take llm coding efficiency to another level.