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This is why I’m using Zed now, and Claude Code. I like to keep Zed pretty minimal and I’m slowly weening off of Cursor in favor of Claude Code when I need it

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have you tried zed agent? how does it compare with cursor?

It’s getting better fast. It’s still needs refining but I have no issues spending the entire day in it

I've been getting rate limit errors with Zed (using my own Claude API) while the same query will work in Claude Code. So still some rough edges there.

I pay that 20€ a month for a subscription, and the claude opus thinking model from Zed is really solid now.

Had similar issues earlier, now it works.

Also it's great that I do not need to use the vscode ecosystem. Zed is snappy, has a great UI and now a good assistant too.

I’m not a fan of the 20 tool limit unless you use the Max option which costs you 1 credit for each and every tool call + message. Seems like an artificial limit and it always rips me out

You can just click continue and keep burning tokens. It's not such a big deal.

Doesn’t it require you to create a new chat?

Yeah, it took me a few weeks to wean off cursor but I’m now happily using Zed exclusively.

Cursors tab predictions are still a bit better and snappier but I feel like Zed is a better editor experience over all and I don’t rely on AI anyway. Agent mode works pretty well for me though. Also cursor leaks memory pretty bad for me.

There’s still room for improvement but Zed is working on fixes and improvements at a high pace and I’m already pretty happy with where it’s at.

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