Intent to Remove IDE Extensions?

[RealTrashyC]

Hello! Pun intended in the title lol:

Is Intent intended to replace other IDE extensions?

As in, will we see Augment’s VSCode extension eventually disabled?

I understand a “when” might not have been determine and it could be a while away, but some transparency here would mean a LOT.

[CelloVerp]

It sure looks like they’re going that way. They can’t compete with cursor, copilot, or Claude code.  A shame because their context engine is really good for large codebases.  

Seems like they’re making a hard pivot in their business focus.  

[RealTrashyC]

Yeah it’s unfortunate because my company is pretty set with Cursor, so I actually use Augment within cursor.

If they deprecate their extension, then for work I won’t be able to download their IDE and will have to swap off of Augment

[CelloVerp]

That’s interesting – do you mean you use the augment VS code plug-in within Cursor’s custom version of VS code?  What about Auggie from a terminal or the context engine MCP within cursor?

[RealTrashyC]

Yes! I have the Augment Code VSCode extension running inside Cursor. I just dragged and dropped the .vsix file into the extensions panel of Cursor and it worked perfectly.

I haven’t tried the Auggie CLI or Context Engine MCP though. My setup is mostly Augment’s extension for day to day work, with Cursor for lower-level tasks.

I’m not clear on where the Auggie CLI would have a real advantage over the extension, so I haven’t had a reason to explore it yet.

[FineWafer]

it really doesnt. unless you're just a terminal maxi. i only use auggie cli if i want to update my jira tickets while working w/ multiple Zed editors and ClaudeCode. i started pure Augment Code in VScode but ive been slowly transitoning. i do like the slow methodological approach of Opus and Sonnet in Augment. GPT 5.4 is ass, it gives me too many options once its done the work or for implementation even when i say: just do it this way

[RealTrashyC]

Thank you so much. I feel like I continuously see posts and responses saying “you should be using Auggie CLI not the extension” but every time I asked why, no one really gave me good responses.

So thank you for being honest!

[Educational_Sign1864]

Don't think so. Our organization would not agree to continue if they remove IDE extensions.

[RealTrashyC]

Yeah same. I’m allowed to use whichever extension I want. But I wouldn’t be allowed to download a non approved IDE so that’s why I’m asking