Coding
Zed
Fast collaborative code editor with built-in AI that uses your own model provider.
- Best for
- edit a codebase, fast editor
- Pricing note
- Free · editor is free, AI via your own key
- Rough public note from the catalog. Plans change.
Starter prompts
One prompt per catalog best-for line, written for Zed.
edit a codebase
You are helping me inside Zed. The job: edit a codebase. Propose the smallest version that works. Name the stack, list the sections or files, and produce the first draft in that tool's native output. Skip alternatives. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
fast editor
You are helping me inside Zed. The job: fast editor. Propose the smallest version that works. Name the stack, list the sections or files, and produce the first draft in that tool's native output. Skip alternatives. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
Alternatives
Closest catalog neighbors by shared best-for lines, tags, and category. Sponsor fields are not used.
Freemium · Pro about $20/mo
Cursor
Cursor — AI code editor for chatting with a repo, editing files, and running an agent in the project. Use it for “edit a codebase.”
AI code editor for chatting with a repo, editing files, and running an agent in the project. Shared catalog best-for lines with Zed: “edit a codebase”. Catalog price note: Freemium · Pro about $20/mo.
Starter prompt
You are helping me inside Cursor. The job: edit a codebase. Propose the smallest version that works. Name the stack, list the sections or files, and produce the first draft in that tool's native output. Skip alternatives. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
Freemium · Pro about $10/mo
GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot — Inline coding assistant in the editor, GitHub, and the terminal, with agent and review features. Use it for “autocomplete.”
Inline coding assistant in the editor, GitHub, and the terminal, with agent and review features. Shared catalog best-for lines with Zed: “edit a codebase”. Catalog price note: Freemium · Pro about $10/mo.
Starter prompt
You are helping me inside GitHub Copilot. The job: autocomplete. Propose the smallest version that works. Name the stack, list the sections or files, and produce the first draft in that tool's native output. Skip alternatives. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.
Freemium · see current plans
Devin Desktop
Devin Desktop — Cognition's desktop IDE, formerly Windsurf. It manages local and cloud agents from an editor, and the original IDE is still in the app. Use it for “agentic coding.”
Cognition's desktop IDE, formerly Windsurf. It manages local and cloud agents from an editor, and the original IDE is still in the app. Shared catalog best-for lines with Zed: “edit a codebase”. Catalog price note: Freemium · see current plans.
Starter prompt
You are helping me inside Devin Desktop. The job: agentic coding. Propose the smallest version that works. Name the stack, list the sections or files, and produce the first draft in that tool's native output. Skip alternatives. Use a concrete first pass I can react to. Ask at most two questions, and only if you are blocked.