I've been writing code since the early 2000s and have used a plethora of apps to do it. Up until the boom of AI, I've been a strong proponent of IDEs (looking at you JetBrains). Now that lower-level coding has been all but outsourced to our future overlords, I find myself spending more time reviewing/QAing. I literally couldn't fathom doing my work without Scape now. I have workflows in Scape for different parts of my job that allow me to work so much faster. The best part is that I own all the data. It all just lives inside Scape (and synced to iCloud), and I can bring it anywhere with me.
When you do have to dive into the code, some of the functionality isn't as fleshed-out as some IDEs.
I've tried a bunch of agent orchestration tools, but Scape just checks off all the boxes for me. Also, it looks awesome and is genuinely fun to use. I've been using it since it was first launched, and the amount of updates Scape puts out is honestly staggering. I also submit bug reports/feedback and they are addressed insanely fast.
About 5 months ago, I tried Scape, and it has blown my mind!
First off, I am not a developer and as of 6 months ago, I had zero coding experience. I started using Claude to build some simple HTML games (which was a blast), but when I started my endeavor to build a fairly complex iPhone app, Claude Code was not cutting it. Managing multiple worktrees became a real challenge and I was quickly overwhelmed with the amount of features I wanted to develop and improve.
This is where Scape changed everything for me. Argus, which is like Scape’s AI manager, is so much better than I ever thought it would be. I wrote a mission statement to build me a ticketing platform where I could write a high level feature request, and it would automatically create the necessary follow-up questions to flush out the request. Then, once finalized, it slots the feature into the appropriate sprint, and as soon as the current sprint is done and pushed to main, Argus creates the appropriate worktrees for the next sprint and knows to hold certain items until a prerequisite branch is done. I literally do nothing but test new functionality on my phone and write feature requests. As someone who doesn’t have a ton of experience in coding, this makes my life soooo easy.
I started coding my app for personal use, but now I am considering launching it in the App Store, as I’m getting a ton of positive feedback, and none of this would have been possible without Scape.
I don’t know if this is normal or not, but new features seem to be released every 2 or 3 days. I look forward to them at this point, as they are usually an update I didn’t even know I wanted.
Two areas can be improved. 1) I would like to see a more intuitive setup process. Initial setup took me some time to figure out (but I got there). This is likely because I am not a developer by trade. That said, setting up VS code was equally as hard. 2) I really wish there was a phone app to communicate with Argus. Remote sessions are fine, but sometimes I forget to spin up remote before walking away.
I tried using Claude Code on its own and VS Code. Neither of these solutions made managing multiple work trees intuitive. I still can’t figure VS Code out. Plus, If I didn’t have Argus, I would not be nearly where I am at with my App. I can literally walk away and come back a few hours later with 6+ new features ready for testing while it replans my sprints fro me based on features I requested in a remote session.
As a long time software engineer and recent founder of a software company, I genuinely cannot overstate the value add of Scape. Historically I have been staunchly loyal to the Jetbrains suite of IDEs. Scape popped up on my radar during its early stages and while I thought it was interesting my initial reaction was, "Cool idea, but I could set most of this up locally. I am comfortable with my IDE and my productivity while using it is just fine." As the developers at Scape continued to add more and more features like:
Playbooks to automate complex workflows, (some steps of which may not be directly handled by the agent so it saves tokens).
Argus orchestrators with built in mission notes and heart beats to keep them on task around the clock.
Built in databases to manage data for any automated tasks from sales pipelines, to tickets, or longstanding agent learnings that no longer have to live in context.
Don't even get me started on Scape's ability to open a browser tab in app so that an agent can drive a full QA pass on a feature before I begin code review!
it became clear to me that the team at Scape was building something special and worth taking a closer look at. I made the jump to Scape three or four months ago and haven't looked back. I don't think I have even opened an IDE since I started using scape! It is in no way an over exaggeration to say that Scape has revolutionized my workflow. I could keep going but I'll stop here and just say, you owe it to yourself to try it. Do it. You can thank me later.
I sometimes wish that the code view operated more like the IDEs that I am used to, but at the same time, that feels a little bit like nostalgia or just not letting go of the old tooling I am used to. It isn't even a feature I use more than once in a blue moon at this point.
Scape is more feature rich than any of the alternatives I have looked into. They also have a wizard of a designer who has crafted a UI that is not only easy and intuitive to use, but is genuinely fun as well (looking at you Bridge view)
Before Scape, my "agentic workflow" was a pile of iTerm windows, aka half a dozen Claude Code sessions scattered across tabs, and involved me switching between them trying to remember which one was doing what. I've been using Scape for a few months now, and it massively helped me organize all of that chaos. I can see every session at a glance, know which one needs my attention, and spin agents up in isolated worktrees without thinking about the organization or logistics of my workspace.
I've adapted my workflow based on the tools and features within Scape too. I've built playbooks for the recurring parts of my job, so work I used to re-prompt from scratch is now a routine I just run. I also have automated notes and tables for different workflows, that get appended to and updated daily, which has been super helpful. Plus Jira/GitHub/Slack are wired in so the agents have real context instead of me pasting links all day. It provides me an actual organized development environment for this AI era of coding. The net effect is that I just get so much more done in a day development-wise.
The surface are of features can be intimidating if you're new to agentic development. A guided onboarding (or just more "did you know" moments) could help flatten the learning curve, as our jobs and tools evolve so fast.
I'm not an engineer, but I've been using it to run parallel AI coding sessions for some of the side products I work with other people on, and it's honestly changed what I'm able to do on my own. Scape is super helpful for someone like me because it helps me run sessions in parallel, and clearly know what is going on in each one, and know which ones need my input. I love the GUI, which is more approachable to me than when I was just trying to use claude straight up in a terminal. I can also make sure the changes stay isolated via worktrees so I'm never worried about breaking something else while I experiment.
Been using Scape for a while now and really enjoy it. Super responsive to feedback and they’ve even added a couple features based on things I’ve asked for. It’s been cool to see the product continue to get better. Definitely worth checking out.
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