The IDE is becoming an agent runtime

The editor's job description is changing. Less typing, more reviewing; less authoring, more delegating. The modern IDE is trending toward a control surface for agents that plan, edit across files, run tests, and open the PR.

The developer's leverage shifts from keystrokes to specification and review — describing intent precisely, then judging the output.

What it means for tooling

• Value moves to context: the tool that knows your whole repo wins.
• Review ergonomics matter more than autocomplete latency.
• Trust is earned per-task; the best tools show their work.

Signal: the dev tool that wins is the one developers stop babysitting.