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Qwestly Engineering Learning Series

AI-Powered Code Editing, Agents, and Custom Toolchains

Engineering Excellence 2026


The Series — 5 Talks

  1. "Agentic" Capability Chart — From bare LLMs to full agentic IDEs
  2. BYOA/BYOM — Bring Your Own Agent / Model into any editor
  3. Bring Your Own Editor — Zed & vim as first-class AI editors
  4. DeepSeek & Reasonix — Open-weight frontier models & tooling
  5. Qwestly Workspace — Our monorepo, agents, and MCPs in practice

Talk 1: The "Agentic" Capability Chart

From Basic LLM to Full Agentic Code Editor


What is "Agentic" Anyway?

LLM = just a model. Text in → text out.

Agent = model + tools + memory + planning loop

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     AGENT ARCHITECTURE                   │
│                                                          │
│  ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────┐    ┌──────────────────┐   │
│  │   LLM    │───▶│ Planning │───▶│   Tool Dispatch  │   │
│  │ (reason) │◀───│  Loop    │◀───│  (bash, read,    │   │
│  └──────────┘    └──────────┘    │   write, search)  │   │
│                                  └──────────────────┘   │
│                                                          │
│  The model DECIDES what tool to call, when, and why.     │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key difference: A model can tell you how to fix a bug. An agent can go fix it.


Capability Ladder: Level 0 — Basic Chat

Capability Has it?
Answer questions
Generate code snippets
Read files
Run commands
Remember context across turns ❌ (stateless)

Tools: None

Example: ChatGPT web interface, npx reasonix chat

User: "How do I fix this error?"
LLM: "Try adding a null check before..."
User: [copies code manually]

Capability Ladder: Level 1 — Budget Model (No Reasoning)

Capability Has it?
Fast, cheap inference
Multi-turn chat
Deep reasoning / chain-of-thought
Tool calling (if harness provides) ⚠️ Shallow

Examples:

  • DeepSeek V4 Flash ($0.14/M in, $0.28/M out, 1M context)
  • Claude Haiku 4.5 ($1.00/M in, $5.00/M out)
  • GPT-5.2 Codex

Best for: Quick edits, simple completions, high-volume tasks

Our usage: Default model in avante.nvim deepseek provider, reasonix fast turns


Capability Ladder: Level 2 — Premium Model (With Reasoning)

Capability Has it?
Chain-of-thought / extended thinking
Multi-step planning
Deep debugging, architecture
Tool calling ✅ (more reliable)

Examples:

  • DeepSeek V4 Pro ($0.435/M in, $0.87/M out, 1M context)
  • Claude Opus 4.7 ($5.00/M in, $25.00/M out)
  • GPT-5.5 ($5.00/M in, $30.00/M out)
  • Claude Sonnet 4.6 ($3.00/M in)

Our usage: deepseek-pro provider in avante, deepseek-v4-pro[1m] via Claude Code ACP

DeepSeek reasoning_effort knob: /effort max for hard problems, /effort high for daily work


Capability Ladder: Level 3 — Coding Agent

Capability Has it?
Everything from Level 2
Filesystem tools (read/write/search)
Shell execution
Git operations
Planning before acting
Web search
Edit review / approval gates

Examples:

  • reasonix code — runs in terminal, full tool suite
  • Claude Code — Anthropic's agent harness
  • GitHub Copilot agent mode
  • Codex CLI

The "agentic" threshold: The model decides what to do and how to do it, loops until done.


Capability Ladder: Level 4 — IDE with Built-in Tools

Capability Has it?
Everything from Level 3
Live diff preview
Inline suggestions
File/repo context awareness
Built-in slash commands
Multi-file refactoring

Examples:

  • Cursor — Composer, /plan, /ask, /agent modes, built on VS Code
  • Zed — Agent panel, inline assistant, native ACP support
  • VS Code Copilot — Agent mode, MCP support

Cursor's modes:

  • /agent — Full tool access, can edit, run, search
  • /plan — Proposes changes for review before touching files
  • /ask — Read-only, answers questions about codebase

Capability Ladder: Level 5 — IDE + MCP (Final Form)

Capability Has it?
Everything from Level 4
MCP Tools — Model invokes external services
MCP Prompts — Reusable prompt templates
MCP Resources — Structured data at URIs
MCP Resource Templates — Parameterized URIs
Custom servers for domain-specific capabilities
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              IDE (Cursor / Zed / VS Code)            │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐  │
│  │ Built-in │  │ ACP      │  │ MCP              │  │
│  │ Tools    │  │ Agents   │  │ ┌──────────────┐ │  │
│  │          │  │ (Claude, │  │ │ Asana MCP    │ │  │
│  │ /plan    │  │  Codex,  │  │ │ notes-mcp    │ │  │
│  │ /agent   │  │  OpenCode)│  │ │ mcp-prompts  │ │  │
│  └──────────┘  └──────────┘  │ │ Qwestly MCP  │ │  │
│                               │ └──────────────┘ │  │
│                               └──────────────────┘  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

MCP Deep Dive: The "USB-C for AI"

MCP = Model Context Protocol. Open standard by Anthropic. Standardizes how applications provide context and capabilities to LLMs.

Four Primitives

Primitive What it does Who triggers
Tools Actionable functions (search, read, write, API calls) Model decides
Prompts Reusable prompt templates (code review, commit msg) User picks from menu
Resources Read-only structured data at URIs (config:///app) Model or client reads
Resource Templates Parameterized resources (notes:///{path}) Client fills params

MCP Deep Dive: Tools

Tools are actionable functions — the most powerful primitive.

Discovery:  tools/list
Invocation: tools/call  (client sends args, server returns result)
Who calls:  The LLM decides, based on conversation context

Example — notes-mcp searchNotes tool:

{
  "name": "searchNotes",
  "description": "Search through personal markdown notes",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "query": { "type": "string" },
      "limit": { "type": "number", "default": 10 }
    },
    "required": ["query"]
  }
}

Our MCP servers: notes-mcp (search/read/create/update notes), mcp-prompts (14 prompt templates), Asana MCP


MCP Deep Dive: Prompts & Resources

Prompts — Reusable templates

// prompts/git-commit.md → Discovered as MCP Prompt
// User picks it from a menu in Cursor/Claude Desktop
server.prompt("git-commit", "Generate a commit message",
  { type: "object", properties: { style: { type: "string" } } },
  ({ style }) => ({
    messages: [{ role: "user",
      content: { type: "text",
        text: `Write a ${style ?? "conventional"} commit message...` } }]
  })
);

Resources — Structured data at URIs

server.resource("config-file", "config:///app", { mimeType: "application/json" },
  async () => ({
    contents: [{ uri: "config:///app", text: '{"port": 3000}' }]
  })
);

Resource Templates — Parameterized

// notes:///{path} → Read any note by path
server.resourceTemplate("note-content", "notes:///{path}", ...);

MCP Transports & Config

Transport How it works When to use
stdio Server is child process, stdin/stdout Local servers (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code)
SSE Server is HTTP endpoint, SSE streaming Remote servers, multi-client, web apps

Local config (Cursor/Claude):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "notes": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/notes-mcp/src/index.js"]
    }
  }
}

Portable config via npx + GitHub:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "local-prompts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "dominickp/mcp-prompts"]
    }
  }
}

Talk 2: BYOA / BYOM

Bring Your Own Agent / Bring Your Own Model


The Problem: Editor Lock-in

Most AI editors lock you into their model + their agent:

┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│   CURSOR     │────▶│ Cursor Composer  │ (their model)
│              │     │ (their agent)    │
└──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘

┌──────────────┐     ┌──────────────────┐
│  VS CODE     │────▶│  GitHub Copilot  │ (their model)
│              │     │  (their agent)   │
└──────────────┘     └──────────────────┘

What if you want:

  • Claude Code's agent inside Cursor?
  • Cursor's agent inside Zed?
  • Codex inside vim?
  • DeepSeek instead of GPT behind any agent?

The Solution: ACP (Agentic Control Protocol)

ACP is an open protocol (from Zed/Anthropic/Cursor) that standardizes how editors talk to agents.

Think of it as LSP, but for AI agents instead of language servers.

┌──────────┐                  ┌──────────────────┐
│  EDITOR  │── ACP Protocol ──│  AGENT PROVIDER   │
│          │                  │                   │
│  Cursor  │                  │  Claude Agent     │
│  Zed     │                  │  Codex            │
│  VS Code │                  │  OpenCode         │
│  vim     │                  │  Cursor Agent     │
└──────────┘                  └──────────────────┘

Any editor can connect to any ACP-compatible agent.

BYOA: Bringing Other Agents into Cursor

Option 1: Claude Code via ACP

// ~/.cursor/mcp.json or avante.nvim config
{
  "acp_providers": {
    "claude-code": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp"]
    }
  }
}

Works in: Cursor, Zed, VS Code, avante.nvim

Option 2: Codex via ACP

{
  "acp_providers": {
    "codex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@anthropic-ai/codex-acp"]
    }
  }
}

Option 3: OpenCode via ACP

OpenCode is an open-source agent that supports ACP. Drop it into any ACP-compatible editor.


BYOM: Swapping the Model Behind Any Agent

Many agents let you swap the underlying model — crucial for cost optimization.

Claude Code → DeepSeek

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "env": {
    "ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL": "https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic",
    "ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN": "sk-...",
    "ANTHROPIC_MODEL": "deepseek-v4-pro[1m]",
    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_OPUS_MODEL": "deepseek-v4-pro[1m]",
    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL": "deepseek-v4-pro[1m]",
    "ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL": "deepseek-v4-flash[1m]",
    "CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC": "1"
  }
}

Important: DeepSeek's Anthropic endpoint expects [1m] suffix for 1M context window.


BYOM: What You Keep vs. What You Lose

When swapping Claude → DeepSeek behind Claude Code:

Feature Works? Notes
Tools (files, bash, search, git) ✅ Yes Harness-provided
Skills ✅ Yes Harness-provided
Agents (sub-agent spawning) ✅ Yes Harness-provided
Prompt caching ❌ No DeepSeek uses byte-stable prefix-cache
Extended thinking ❌ No Anthropic-specific; DeepSeek has reasoning_effort
Telemetry/analytics N/A Disabled via env flag

Key insight: All tool execution is harness-provided, not model-provided. The model just decides what to do — the harness handles how.


Our Actual Setup: Avante → Claude Code (ACP) → DeepSeek

Avante.nvim → Claude Code ACP wrapper → DeepSeek API
                                         (Anthropic-compatible)
Layer What it does Config
avante.nvim Neovim AI plugin ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/avante.lua
Claude Code ACP ACP adapter npx @agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp
settings.json Routes to DeepSeek ~/.claude/settings.json

Shell aliases:

alias vim-cursor="AVANTE_PROVIDER=cursor nvim"
alias vim-claude="AVANTE_PROVIDER=claude nvim"     # → DeepSeek
alias vim-codex="AVANTE_PROVIDER=codex nvim"
alias vim-ollama="AVANTE_PROVIDER=ollama nvim"     # → local

BYOA: Our Avante Provider Profiles

-- ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/avante.lua

cursor = {
    provider = "cursor", mode = "agentic",
    acp_providers = {
        cursor = {
            command = "~/.local/bin/agent", args = { "acp" },
            auth_method = "cursor_login",
        }
    }
},
claude = {
    provider = "claude-code", mode = "agentic",
    acp_providers = {
        ["claude-code"] = {
            command = "npx", args = { "@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp" },
        }
    }
},
deepseek = {
    provider = "deepseek",
    vendor = { models = { "deepseek-v4-flash", "deepseek-v4-pro" } },
}

Plus: mcphub.nvim integration for MCP tools INSIDE avante — model sees active MCP servers' prompts.


Talk 3: Bring Your Own Editor

Zed Code Editor & Vim


Cursor vs. Zed: The Architecture Difference

Cursor

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                 CURSOR (VS Code fork)         │
│  ┌────────────────┐  ┌────────────────────┐  │
│  │ Chromium UI    │  │ Node.js Backend    │  │
│  │ (Electron)     │  │ (Extensions, LSP)  │  │
│  └────────────────┘  └────────────────────┘  │
│         ▲                      ▲              │
│         └──────────────────────┘              │
│              IPC over pipes                   │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Zed

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   ZED (Rust)                  │
│  ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐  │
│  │        GPUI (GPU-accelerated UI)       │  │
│  │    + LSP + ACP + MCP + Git + Terminal  │  │
│  │         All in one native binary        │  │
│  └────────────────────────────────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Why Zed Wins

Dimension Cursor Zed
Base VS Code fork (Electron) Rust from scratch
UI Chromium (hundreds of MB) GPUI (GPU-native)
Startup Seconds Instant
Typing latency ~20-40ms <1ms
Memory 500MB-1GB+ ~50-150MB
AI integration Built-in Composer Native ACP + Agent panel
Open source ❌ Proprietary ✅ Apache 2.0
ACP creator Consumer Co-creator
MCP support Yes Yes (native)
Parallel agents ✅ (run multiple agents at once)
Linux Yes ✅ Native

Zed: AI Features

Agentic Editing

  • Delegate work to AI agents
  • Watch progress LIVE in editor
  • Review changes in diff view before accepting

Inline Assistant

  • Select code → transform in-place
  • Supports ANY model via ACP

Parallel Agents

  • Run multiple agent threads across projects
  • Never leave flow — agents work while you code

ACP & MCP First-Class

  • Built by the same team that created ACP
  • Native MCP server connections
  • Any agent, any tool, any model

Edit Prediction (Zeta2)

  • Open-weight, open-data model
  • Predicts what you'll type next
  • Runs locally

Zed: More Than Just AI

Native Git

  • Stage, commit, push, pull
  • Diff viewer
  • Branch management

Remote Development

  • UI runs locally
  • Codebase lives on remote server

Vim Mode

  • First-class modal editing
  • Text objects, marks, macros

Multibuffer Editing

  • Compose excerpts from across codebase
  • Edit them in one surface

Extensions

  • 800+ extensions
  • Language support, themes, tools

Our Vim/Avante Setup

Why Vim + Avante?

Neovim + avante.nvim + mcphub.nvim + ACP agent

Key mappings:

Mapping Action
<leader>aa Open AI chat sidebar
<leader>an New chat
<leader>ae Edit selection
<leader>ama Switch to Agent mode (Cursor ACP)
<leader>amp Switch to Plan mode
<leader>amq Switch to Ask mode

Features:

  • @ file mentions via Telescope
  • Neo-tree integration (oa to add files to context)
  • MCP tools via mcphub.nvim
  • Slash commands passthrough (/agent, /plan, /ask)
  • Session recovery with history

Vim + Avante: Provider Switching

# Shell aliases in ~/.extras.bash
alias vim-cursor="AVANTE_PROVIDER=cursor nvim"
alias vim-claude="AVANTE_PROVIDER=claude nvim"
alias vim-codex="AVANTE_PROVIDER=codex nvim"
alias vim-ollama="AVANTE_PROVIDER=ollama nvim"
Alias Backend Model
vim-cursor Cursor via ACP Cursor's models
vim-claude Claude Code ACP → DeepSeek DeepSeek V4 Pro
vim-codex OpenAI Codex GPT-5.2 Codex
vim-ollama Local Ollama qwen3-coder:30b

Each alias deletes ~/.config/avante.nvim/config.json before launch so persisted last-provider doesn't override.


Talk 4: DeepSeek V4 & Reasonix

Open-Weight Frontier Models on a Budget


DeepSeek V4 Model Family

DeepSeek V4 Flash — Budget Workhorse

Field Value
Model ID deepseek-chat / deepseek-v4-flash
Input $0.14 / M tokens
Output $0.28 / M tokens
Context 1M tokens
Role Everyday coding, chat, iteration
Cached input $0.014 / M tokens

DeepSeek V4 Pro — Open-Weight Frontier

Field Value
Model ID deepseek-reasoner / deepseek-v4-pro
Input $0.435 / M tokens
Output $0.87 / M tokens
Context 1M tokens
Role Complex architecture, debugging, multi-step planning
Promo 75% off until May 31, 2026

DeepSeek vs. The Competition

Model Input ($/M) Output ($/M) Context
Claude Opus 4.7 $5.00 $25.00 1M
GPT-5.5 $5.00 $30.00 1M+
Claude Sonnet 4.6 $3.00 $15.00 1M
Cursor Composer 2 $0.50 $2.50 200K
DeepSeek V4 Pro $0.435 $0.87 1M
DeepSeek V4 Flash $0.14 $0.28 1M

DeepSeek V4 Pro is ~11x cheaper than Opus, ~7x cheaper than Sonnet.

At 75% promo pricing: ~$0.11/M input — 45x cheaper than Opus.


Reasonix — The DeepSeek-Native Coding Agent

reasonix — MIT-licensed, DeepSeek-only, terminal-first coding agent.

Two Modes

Mode Command Tools Use Case
code npx reasonix code Filesystem, git, MCP, full suite Development
chat npx reasonix chat None (web search only) Conversation

Same model. code unlocks tools for development; chat is pure conversation.

Quick Start

cd my-project
npx reasonix code   # Paste DeepSeek API key; persists

Requires Node ≥ 22. macOS, Linux, Windows.


Reasonix: The Cost Advantage

The Secret: DeepSeek's Prefix-Cache

DeepSeek's prefix-cache is byte-stable — fingerprints from byte 0 of the prompt. Reasonix's loop grows append-only (no reordering, no compaction), so the cache prefix survives every tool call.

Reasonix Claude Code Cursor Aider
Backend DeepSeek V4 Anthropic OpenAI/Anthropic any
Cost / task ~¥0.01–0.04 ~¥0.40–4 ¥150/mo + usage varies
Cache hit rate 94% (live) n/a n/a ~33%

At $0.07/Mtok uncached vs. $0.014/Mtok cached, going from 50% to 94% hit rate = 2.5× savings on input alone.


Reasonix: DeepSeek-Specific Fixes

Problem Reasonix Fix
R1 leaks tool-call JSON inside <think> tags Scavenge pass pulls escaped tool calls back out
DeepSeek silently drops deeply-nested object/array params Auto-flatten → single-level prefixed names
Malformed args like string="false" ToolCallRepair heals common shapes before dispatch
V4's reasoning_effort knob /effort slash command + --effort flag for cheap turns

Key Features

  • Plan mode — Propose changes before touching disk
  • Edit review — SEARCH/REPLACE blocks gated by user approval
  • MCP first-class — Built-in MCP client (stdio + SSE)
  • Embedded web dashboard — Session history, stats, visualization
  • Persistent per-workspace sessions — Resume where you left off
  • Memory & skills — Project-level and user-level memory

Reasonix: Our Workflow

Local Patched Setup

We run a locally-patched reasonix that listens on 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1.

Daily use:

ssh into dev terminal
npx reasonix code     # TUI works over SSH

Web UI (tablet / remote):

npx reasonix code     # Prints port (e.g. 4321)
proxy expost 4321     # Expose via our proxy
# Open http://{alias}.dph.am from anywhere

Limitations

  • DeepSeek-only by design — Every layer tuned around the cache mechanic
  • Terminal-first — No IDE integration (dashboard is companion, not replacement)
  • Paid API required — Needs DeepSeek API key
  • Hardest benchmarks — Claude Opus still wins some; DeepSeek V4 is competitive on coding

Reasonix MCP Prompt Integration

Your prompts live at ~/Work/llm/mcp-prompts/prompts/:

code-review, security-review, accessibility-audit, write-unit-tests, optimize-performance, add-documentation, add-error-handling, generate-pr-description, create-pr, git-commit, diagrams, visualize, deslop, generate-api-docs

Three ways to run them in reasonix:

A — Inline: "Run the code-review prompt from my prompts dir" B — Register as Skills: Copy into .reasonix/skills/ so /skill code-review works natively C — Display + execute: Type /prompt code-review to see instructions, then "do that"


Talk 5: Qwestly Workspace

Our Monorepo, Agents, and MCPs in Practice


Qwestly Workspace: The Big Picture

~/Work/qwestly-workspace/
├── api-python/          # FastAPI backend (Supabase, port 8002)
├── candidate/           # Candidate portal (Next.js 16, MongoDB, Auth0)
├── qwestly-hire/        # Hiring platform (Next.js 15, MongoDB, Auth0)
├── public-site/         # Marketing site (Next.js 16, Tailwind)
├── qwestly-docs/        # Docs server (Node.js, markdown-it)
├── qwestly-internal/    # Internal employee tools (Next.js 16)
├── qwestly-agent/       # Agent system for orchestration
├── _internal/qwestly-ui/ # Shared UI lib (@qwestly/ui, Radix UI)
├── _deprecated/         # Archived projects
└── scripts/             # Automation & tooling

7 Next.js apps, 1 FastAPI backend, 1 shared UI lib. All run on Vercel + MongoDB Atlas + Supabase.


Qwestly Agent System

Location: qwestly-agent/docs/

Architecture includes:

  • Orchestration Plan — How agents coordinate across repos
  • RAG & Tools Patterns — Retrieval-augmented generation for candidate matching
  • Human-in-the-Loop — Approval gates before agent actions
  • Testing Agentic Systems — How we validate agent behavior
  • Deployment Options — Vercel, containers, edge
  • Framework Comparison — LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, custom

AGENTS.md

Every repo has an AGENTS.md that tells agents how to operate:

  • Never run git commit directly
  • cd to correct repo before acting
  • Which ports, stacks, and commands per repo

Qwestly MCP Integration

MCPs We Run

MCP What it does Primitive
notes-mcp Search/read/create/update notes Tools
mcp-prompts 14 reusable prompt templates Prompts + Resources
Asana MCP Task management, project tracking Tools
Qwestly MCP (~/Work/llm/qwestly-mcp-dev) Candidate matching, internal APIs Tools + Resources

MCP Prompt Templates

code-review, security-review, accessibility-audit, write-unit-tests, optimize-performance, add-documentation, add-error-handling, generate-pr-description, create-pr, git-commit, diagrams, visualize, deslop, generate-api-docs


Qwestly: How We Actually Work

Daily Stack

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  OUR DAILY SETUP                 │
│                                                  │
│  Editor:    Neovim + avante.nvim (+ mcphub)     │
│  Agent:     Claude Code ACP → DeepSeek V4 Pro   │
│  Terminal:  reasonix code (DeepSeek-native)     │
│  ALT:       Zed (when we want GUI + parallel)   │
│  MCPs:      notes-mcp, mcp-prompts, Asana       │
│  CI:        GitHub Actions + Claude Code review │
│                                                  │
│  Total AI cost: ~$20-50/month (not $200-500)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Why This Stack Wins

  1. Cost — DeepSeek V4 Pro is 11x cheaper than Opus, 94% cache hits
  2. Flexibility — Swap agents/models without changing editor
  3. Open source — No vendor lock-in (ACP is open, DeepSeek is open-weight)
  4. Speed — Vim/terminal is instant, Zed is GPU-native
  5. MCP — Our notes, prompts, and tools are available to any agent

Key Takeaways

1. The Agentic Spectrum

LLM → Agent → IDE → IDE+MCP. Each level adds tool access and autonomy.

2. ACP Sets You Free

Bring any agent to any editor. No more waiting for your favorite agent to be "integrated."

3. DeepSeek Changes the Economics

Open-weight frontier model at $0.435/M input. With reasonix's 94% cache hit: ¥0.01-0.04 per task.

4. Zed Is the Future

Rust-native, GPU-accelerated, ACP co-creator, open source. Not just "another VS Code."

5. MCP Makes Agents Useful

Tools, prompts, resources — the "USB-C for AI" standard that connects agents to real work.


References & Links


Thank You

Qwestly Engineering Learning Series

Questions & Discussion

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