Every AI Coding Agent in the Wild
AI coding agents are the new trend in the tech industry. They are designed to help developers write code faster and more efficiently. These agents use machine learning algorithms to understand the context of the code and provide suggestions to the developers.
What’s unique about these agents is that, in addition to the code completion capabilities, they understand the context of the project and build upon it. That includes creating files, adjusting the code in the, and even running console commands. Of course, the commands need the user’s consent before the agent executes them.
I’ve tried a few of these AI coding agents, and I must say, they are pretty impressive. They can save you a lot of time and effort when writing code, allowing you to ship things faster and snappier.
I’m listing down some of the AI coding agents, a few of them I’ve tried and found useful. It’s a growing list, so I’ll keep updating it as I find more.
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Cursor — With Cursor’s Chat feature, you can get into its agentic mode and ask it to write code for you. It’s pretty impressive but I found the two-week trial period a bit short to get a good grasp of it. But it’s worth a try.
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Winsurf — It’s another AI coding assistant by Codium that helps you write code faster. The agentic mode in Winsurf is called Cascade and it’s the one I’m using the most at the moment.
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TRAE — This one is from ByteDance, the company behind TikTok. It made its debut just a few days ago and I’m yet to try it. But it looks quite promising. The agent mode in TRAE is called Chat.
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Bolt — Bolt is owned by StackBlitz and it’s a web-based AI coding assistant that helps you write code faster. You can start prompting Bolt as soon as you land on the website! I’ve built a small project using Bolt and I found it pretty accurate based on the prompt I gave. You get 2M tokens in the free tier which is pretty generous.
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Replit — Similar to Bolt, Replit is also a web-based coding platform that has an AI coding assistant. I’ve yet to try this one but I’ve heard good things about it. You get a basic workspace, 3 public projects, and limited access to Replit AI in the free tier.
Have I missed any AI coding agents that you’ve tried and found useful? Let me know in the comments below. I’d love to try them out as well.
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