Why don't AI coding IDEs ship dedicated code-editing MCP tools?
krautsourced · reddit · 2026-10-04
A Reddit poster points out that models often resort to convoluted Python/sed/awk/grep scripts to edit and search files, and asks why IDE-tight harnesses like Cursor, Zed, Copilot, and Windsurf/Devin don't expose purpose-built code-editing tools via MCP — which would likely make agent-driven editing far more efficient, even at the cost of IDE portability.
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