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424 points · 143 comments · sidharthkmenon

  1. verdverm · · focus · HN ↗
    Does it have a terminal and panes? These are things I do not ever see giving up
    1. sidharthkmenon · · focus · HN ↗
      it's meant to be used as a complement to your existing terminal! your agent uses the mcp or api from the terminal to draw on the Whiteboard
      1. verdverm · · focus · HN ↗
        I'm asking about terminals in the IDE, I have many of them, really multiple panes, each pane is agent(s) in terminals and the associated files/diff for their work. VS Code looks more like a dashboard for agents these days. (50" 4k)

        The headline says "IDE", but what you wrote here does not sound like an IDE, why would I want my agent calling an MCP / API to do the things your feature list suggests? What I'm seeing here would/could be better/replicated as a VS Code extension

        I'm only interested in an "Integrated Developer Experience", winner takes all kind of thing, tool sprawl is out of hand

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