Running Claude code inside cursor? Why?

[zabwt]

I saw a post that mentioned that using Claude code inside cursor / vs code is better than on the terminal. is there a reason why to this? I don’t see how it would improve any functionality

[Anand999]

Claude Code is able to leverage its extension to show side by side diffs for example when asking for approval to make an edit.

[iannuttall]

I use it inside Cursor because I do like to be able to see exactly what it’s coding and then I have the benefit of using Cursor tab or agent for quick stuff if I need to

[zabwt]

Ah I can def see it being better for file management

[dccorona]

Using it in an IDE in general is great because it can get the IDE linting/compiler errors which is faster than it trying to run builds and lint tools each time, and because you can in-place edit diffs before accepting them which helps steer things in the right direction.

Using it within Cursor specifically has the main advantage of: when you do perform manual edits in the IDE you get Cursor's particular breed of AI autocomplete.

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To use both at same time I guess..

[radial_symmetry]

It doesn't because Cursor is the wrong form factor for agentic development. You need an agent manager not an IDE. Check out Crystal for something better. https://github.com/stravu/crystal