I don't like cli tools as I cannot easily check what they are doing, until everything is done. In cline/roocode I can do a quick revision of file changes, before saving it. Or revert code easilly few steps back, without git. It is slover than proper vibe coding, but it saves me time in other ways. I have not tried AGENTS.md yet but it is similar idea to clinerules
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claude code cli is extensive in its accessibility to the process, you can show its thinking and show ongoing processes using shortcut keys. i virtually don't even use the IDE for anything anymore, but i looked and there is no IDEs that are sleek and minimal that aren't based on VSCode and i'm not using that javascript crap. i have perpetual license now for a good version of goland, and for web apps i use webstorm non-commercial.
Will give it another try.
This might be useful if you have not tried it before https://github.com/steveyegge/beads
ɪ'ᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʀᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ɢɪᴛᴇᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ɪᴛ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴀᴘᴘʀᴏᴀᴄʜ.
ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ ꜰᴇᴡ ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜᴇʀꜱ ᴡʜᴏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴍʙᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇxᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰɪɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ᴅʀᴀᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴅᴇᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴋᴇɴ ᴄᴏꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴜꜱ ɪɴᴄʀᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ, ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴏᴍʙɪɴᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴇꜰꜰɪᴄɪᴇɴᴛ, ᴇᴍʙᴇᴅᴅɪɴɢꜱ ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ɢʀᴀᴘʜ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴀᴛ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇ ꜰᴀʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛꜱ.
ᴏᴘᴛɪᴍɪᴢᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɢᴇɴᴛꜱ ɪꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ. ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢ ᴀɪ ᴅᴇᴠ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀɴɪᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰᴏᴄᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴀɢᴇ/ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ɴᴏʀᴍɪᴇꜱ, ꜰᴇᴡ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴀɴᴛʜʀᴏᴘɪᴄ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴄᴏᴅɪɴɢ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ.