A Vision for a Claude Code IDE

Reimagining the developer cockpit for the age of AI

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A from-scratch IDE designed around how AI-assisted coding actually works, not a text editor with a chatbot bolted on. 18 screens exploring what happens when the AI isn't a sidebar but the foundation: persistent memory you can see and shape, proactive suggestions before you ask, domain-aware skills, and a mobile companion for when you're away from your desk. Designed from a blank page with a warm design language that doesn't look like every other dev tool. This concept preceded several features that would later become standard in agentic development like Codex's Automations and Claude Code's Insights, Remote Control, and Loop.

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The premise was simple: Claude Code is powerful, but the terminal hides too much of its power from visual thinkers. This concept asks what would happen if Claude were not a sidebar or an extension, but the center of the IDE.

The design keeps the familiar shape of a modern coding workspace, with navigation, files, editor, terminal, previews, and an agent panel. The new pieces are the parts this concept makes first-class: a Context Graph that makes Claude's memory visible and editable, Interview Mode for scoping before execution, reusable domain skills, visual workflows, and a Scratchpad where ideas can be referenced directly in chat.

The visual language is warm and technical rather than cold and terminal cosplay. Notched containers nod to Claude Code's roots, while orange is reserved for proactive Claude behaviors, like suggesting when you might want to write a piece of code yourself to keep a skill from getting rusty.

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Justin Wetch