... about how code edits are expressed inside it. Aider does not use tool calls. It sends edits as structured text blocks SEARCH/REPLACE delimiters inside the assistant message. The filename is on the line before the fence, not inside it. Cline and Continue use proper tool calls. A response from some backends carries both. The adapter we shipped this week (`openai_ chat.py ` in the LineageLens proxy) handles all three patterns: tool-call edits, text-content edits (Aider SEARCH/REPLACE, unified diffs, fenced ... ... blocks), and mixed responses where both appear together. It covers Aider, Cline

... looks like OpenAI may have acqui-hired the @Cline team. It's not currently clear what that means for the future of the AI coding agent as a project, as their team members are now on the @Codex by OpenAI team. Any open-source alternatives

... product teams that focus on the agent loop, tool calling, management of context and subagents can move faster and I think that's why Claude Code and Amp have the edge right now with Gemini-CLI also catching up. VS Code forks start with a huge surface area that comes with all kinds of scope creep challenges. This helped Cursor et al to get started and onboard users fast because the user experience is largely backwards compatibility. It meets people ... ... HUGE value add, especially until we can have much higher degree of trust in AI models. Comment from Andr J(@conduit_design): Hybrid! Ide+cli via Cline

... crawl the whole codebase from the terminal, coordinate tests and multi file refactors, and I am okay paying more for deeper context and heavier tasks. Comment from Dave Hussey(@grindflow_ux): @gabe   @leandro_sardi   I find @Cline to be extremely powerful, but agreed, that it requires a bit of skill to fully harness. On the other hand, the devs are highly responsive to feedback and diligent about incorporating feature requests. Overall, it hits well above it's weight ... ... option that actually works. Built 440+ tools and shipped a game with it. The tradeoff is cost ($200/mo) and the learning curve of trusting an agent to work autonomously. Comment from Parisiam(@parisiam): Why not use Copilot (Github) in VSCode

... switching-opening tabs, hunting for info, filling forms it really broke my flow. To fix this, I built  MCP Atlassian Server (by phuc-nt) . It s an open-source Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants (like Cline) talk directly to Jira & Confluence. Now you can: Now you can: Query Jira deeply: search issues by JQL, browse boards, backlogs, sprints, epics, and roadmaps Manage Jira issues end-to-end: create, update, assign, transition statuses, and log work ... ... view spaces, pages, attachments, and version history Author Confluence pages: create or edit content, add inline comments, and embed media Speak in any natural language Stay in chat-no more tab switching. The project is pending review on the Cline