The "Read" file list sounds a lot like Copilot Edit mode, where you manually specify the list of files that are added to the context. Similarly, Copilot has an Ask (Chat) mode that doesn't change the code. One of the downsides of all these new IDEs is that it is difficult, even for the developers of those tools, to have enough time to test out coding in each of their competitors. Also, the switching cost of changing IDEs is pretty high, even if they are forks of the same code base, which makes it hard for the users to really test out all the options. In the long run, I expect that the "larger" IDE providers will purchase the smaller ones. IOW, if you wait long enough, all the good bits will be in Copilot (or maybe Cursor with their new funding).
wrote a guide on how to use cursor for large codebases here: <a href="https://getstream.io/blog/cursor-ai-large-projects/" rel="nofollow">https://getstream.io/blog/cursor-ai-large-projects/</a> working well over here<p>cool to see more AI tools address this
Hi all, Brokk creator here, happy to answer any questions!<p>I made an intro video with a live demo here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw92v-uN5xI" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw92v-uN5xI</a>
The amazing thing here is that the Brokk AI can access your code like an IDE, can ask for usages or gather the summary of a file before deciding to get the implementation of a method!
It mimics like a Dev is navigating the codebase.
And this is more reliable and token-efficient than the usual grep/rg approach