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So given that I primarily interact with LLM's through VSCode, and I prefer the Copilot interface to the Claude Code plugin, does anyone have any suggestions on

by 0xffff2 5mo ago

So given that I primarily interact with LLM's through VSCode, and I prefer the Copilot interface to the Claude Code plugin, does anyone have any suggestions on other plugins I should try? In my experience, Copilot is much more "plugged in" than any of the other plugins, in the sense that it can see things like linter outputs in VSCode. Basically, copilot "sees what I see" in a way that no other plugin or command line tool can, which make it much more ergonomic to use. With this pricing change, I see no reason at all to stick with Copilot in principle, but I really need to solve this issue of IDE integration to move on.

herpdyderp 5mo ago
I used to feel exactly like you do, but now I use the Claude CLI exclusively and am very pleased with the results.
- 0xffff2 5mo ago
  Could you elaborate on what's better about the CLI?
  - herpdyderp 5mo ago
    Simply the output of the code written. It initially worried me that it was harder to add context (can't select a single line of code in VS Code and automatically attach it, for example), but I've found that the Claude CLI's output is so far superior that it doesn't even need that VS Code context.
daemonologist 5mo ago
You can use Copilot Chat* with basically any API provider, and if you switch to the VS Code Insiders build you can configure it to use literally any OpenAI API-compatible endpoint. Other than that Zed has a similar experience which is pretty decent. * By which I mean the good one, whatever it's called now - the part of Copilot that used to be a plugin and is now part of VS Code, not the thing that has always been part of VS Code.
veb 5mo ago
Try Cline, a vscode plugin that's been around since the start and has really active development. You can also use most providers as well.
- bryanhogan 5mo ago
  Saw this new Cline fork mentioned in another post: https://github.com/dirac-run/dirac https://github.com/dirac-run/dirac Also heard of more and more people moving to Kilo Code or OpenChamber instead.
  - polski-g 5mo ago
    I tried Openchamber. Far too buggy. Cline seems like the best bet.

by 0xffff2 5mo ago

herpdyderp 5mo ago

I used to feel exactly like you do, but now I use the Claude CLI exclusively and am very pleased with the results.

0xffff2 5mo ago
Could you elaborate on what's better about the CLI?
- herpdyderp 5mo ago
  Simply the output of the code written. It initially worried me that it was harder to add context (can't select a single line of code in VS Code and automatically attach it, for example), but I've found that the Claude CLI's output is so far superior that it doesn't even need that VS Code context.

daemonologist 5mo ago

You can use Copilot Chat* with basically any API provider, and if you switch to the VS Code Insiders build you can configure it to use literally any OpenAI API-compatible endpoint. Other than that Zed has a similar experience which is pretty decent. * By which I mean the good one, whatever it's called now - the part of Copilot that used to be a plugin and is now part of VS Code, not the thing that has always been part of VS Code.

veb 5mo ago

Try Cline, a vscode plugin that's been around since the start and has really active development. You can also use most providers as well.

bryanhogan 5mo ago
Saw this new Cline fork mentioned in another post: https://github.com/dirac-run/dirac https://github.com/dirac-run/dirac Also heard of more and more people moving to Kilo Code or OpenChamber instead.
- polski-g 5mo ago
  I tried Openchamber. Far too buggy. Cline seems like the best bet.