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Is anyone using them vim with Claude or any of these coding tools? I want to, but I haven’t found a good workflow.

OliverWich 6mo ago
Sidekick.nvim is nice, you get a "real" terminal window on the side with many different agents to choose from. Either opencode, claude, gemini, copilot, basically most that are relevant :D Its a pretty light connection-layer, so it helps with sending context.
- thayne 6mo ago
  FWIW, it's also made by Folke, the same developer who made lazy.nvim and snacks.nvim, as well as some other high-quality plugins.
lachlan_gray 6mo ago
Mentioned elsewhere, but :term claude In a split goes a long way for me!
Zizizizz 6mo ago
Yes tab split, neovim on the left, companion on the right, or different tabs. The plugin codecompanion.nvim is also great. I use it for common tasks. Like: vaf (visual around function) <space>ad (leader key add docstring). And it documents the functions with my system prompt instructions for what good docstings should look like.
mathieudombrock 6mo ago
CodeCompanion.nvim is a pretty nice plugin. I use that for quick stuff and opencode in the embedded terminal for larger tasks.
altermetax 6mo ago
Just open a terminal split/tab and use claude there. The neovim buffer will update real-time.
kelnos 6mo ago
I just have vim open in one terminal tab and Claude Code open in another terminal tab. Works great.
Trufa 6mo ago
Use no plugins, install Zellij (or tmux) and use in split panes, works great.
bluepeter 6mo ago
Am I misremembering cause I could have sworn that Aider started out as a nvim plugin?? https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
- g947o 6mo ago
  That project is half dead now. There are commits, but has been no release in half a year, is missing major features (e.g. MCP server), and I haven't seen people talking about it for quite a while.
  - bluepeter 6mo ago
    Nuts to let a 42k starred project just fade away. Seems like it could really have been something. I remember being supe rimpressed w it when I installed it in its first few months.
mkozlows 6mo ago
I just run them in separate terminals. The only real gap was that I couldn't tell the robot to open files in nvim when I wanted to look at them, the way it could in other IDEs, so I whipped up a quick skill (https://github.com/mkozlows/nvim-skill https://github.com/mkozlows/nvim-skill) to do that.
mikey_p 6mo ago
Check out avante.nvim: https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim
jonaustin 6mo ago
Just use this; it's literally claude code in a terminal tab in vim; also aware of what files are open in vim. https://github.com/coder/claudecode.nvim https://github.com/coder/claudecode.nvim
gkfasdfasdf 6mo ago
Ghostty split panes - coding TUI in one pane, neovim in the other, maybe a third pane for shell.
mjrbrennan 6mo ago
This is why I switched to cursor over the last few months out of nvim. Just wasn't any smooth first class integrations with AI tooling. I still use vim bindings there, and I use nvim for quicker edits, but the AI editing and Cursor Tab is just way better than the AI stuff in nvim.
nzach 6mo ago
What I do is use 'C-z' and 'fg' to suspend and resume my editor when I need. Pressing C-z on neovim puts me back in the terminal so I can do whatever I need to do and when that is done I just type 'fg' in the terminal and it opens up my neovim again, exactly as it was.

Sidekick.nvim is nice, you get a "real" terminal window on the side with many different agents to choose from. Either opencode, claude, gemini, copilot, basically most that are relevant :D Its a pretty light connection-layer, so it helps with sending context.

thayne 6mo ago
FWIW, it's also made by Folke, the same developer who made lazy.nvim and snacks.nvim, as well as some other high-quality plugins.

lachlan_gray 6mo ago

Mentioned elsewhere, but :term claude In a split goes a long way for me!

Zizizizz 6mo ago

Yes tab split, neovim on the left, companion on the right, or different tabs. The plugin codecompanion.nvim is also great. I use it for common tasks. Like: vaf (visual around function) <space>ad (leader key add docstring). And it documents the functions with my system prompt instructions for what good docstings should look like.

mathieudombrock 6mo ago

CodeCompanion.nvim is a pretty nice plugin. I use that for quick stuff and opencode in the embedded terminal for larger tasks.

altermetax 6mo ago

Just open a terminal split/tab and use claude there. The neovim buffer will update real-time.

kelnos 6mo ago

I just have vim open in one terminal tab and Claude Code open in another terminal tab. Works great.

Trufa 6mo ago

Use no plugins, install Zellij (or tmux) and use in split panes, works great.

bluepeter 6mo ago

Am I misremembering cause I could have sworn that Aider started out as a nvim plugin?? https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider

g947o 6mo ago
That project is half dead now. There are commits, but has been no release in half a year, is missing major features (e.g. MCP server), and I haven't seen people talking about it for quite a while.
- bluepeter 6mo ago
  Nuts to let a 42k starred project just fade away. Seems like it could really have been something. I remember being supe rimpressed w it when I installed it in its first few months.

mkozlows 6mo ago

I just run them in separate terminals. The only real gap was that I couldn't tell the robot to open files in nvim when I wanted to look at them, the way it could in other IDEs, so I whipped up a quick skill (https://github.com/mkozlows/nvim-skill https://github.com/mkozlows/nvim-skill) to do that.

mikey_p 6mo ago

Check out avante.nvim: https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim https://github.com/yetone/avante.nvim

jonaustin 6mo ago

Just use this; it's literally claude code in a terminal tab in vim; also aware of what files are open in vim. https://github.com/coder/claudecode.nvim https://github.com/coder/claudecode.nvim

gkfasdfasdf 6mo ago

Ghostty split panes - coding TUI in one pane, neovim in the other, maybe a third pane for shell.

mjrbrennan 6mo ago

This is why I switched to cursor over the last few months out of nvim. Just wasn't any smooth first class integrations with AI tooling. I still use vim bindings there, and I use nvim for quicker edits, but the AI editing and Cursor Tab is just way better than the AI stuff in nvim.

nzach 6mo ago

What I do is use 'C-z' and 'fg' to suspend and resume my editor when I need. Pressing C-z on neovim puts me back in the terminal so I can do whatever I need to do and when that is done I just type 'fg' in the terminal and it opens up my neovim again, exactly as it was.