The glamourous AI coding agent for your favourite terminal
   
    
 
 
  
   
   AI coding tools are increasingly interacting directly with the system shell (terminal) rather than traditional code editors, driven by the rise of agentic AI and tools like Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and CLI Codex. This shift, highlighted by benchmarks like Terminal-Bench, is occurring as some code-based tools face challenges and offers a versatile interface for developers.