--- title: "Terminal agents are replacing VS Code as the center of my development workflow" url: https://daily.dev/posts/terminal-agents-are-replacing-vs-code-as-the-center-of-my-development-workflow-j86tlcmvn source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/vs-code-terminal-agents-editor-workflow type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-04T21:34:17.572Z updated: 2026-06-07T17:44:50.567Z tags: ["ai-agents", "vscode", "claude-code", "vibe-coding"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Terminal agents are replacing VS Code as the center of my development workflow **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Terminal-based AI agents like Claude Code are shifting how developers use VS Code — from an active coding environment to more of a file viewer and review surface. The author describes a workflow where the agent reads the codebase, implements changes, and reports back, making VS Code's own AI extensions feel redundant. VS Code still earns its place for error highlighting, Git diffs, and the integrated terminal, but the editor is no longer the center of the workflow. The author also warns about the risk of losing code comprehension when relying heavily on agents, and advocates for reviewing every diff before accepting it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The IDE Is Losing to the Terminal — Coding Agents Made the Difference](https://daily.dev/posts/the-ide-is-losing-to-the-terminal-coding-agents-made-the-difference-4wqtpmdct) · Medium · 3 upvotes · 0 comments - [I tried VS Code's answer to Claude Code, Codex, and Google Antigravity and it blew my mind](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-vs-code-s-answer-to-claude-code-codex-and-google-antigravity-and-it-blew-my-mind-loiqcu7vg) · XDA Developers · 6 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#vscode](https://daily.dev/tags/vscode), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/terminal-agents-are-replacing-vs-code-as-the-center-of-my-development-workflow-j86tlcmvn)