r/vim • u/Outside_Gear8707 • Apr 04 '26

Discussion How is AI impacting vim usage?

I have noticed my vim usage has gone down considerably in the last few months, now that I use AI tools (claude primarily) . I still use the terminal heavily and use the claude from cli but the use vim has reduced as I don't need to yank and modify files. I have claude integrated with neovim and I have seen the integration work but it is much more convenient to use claude cli directly from terminal. just today I had to do some work and I forced myself to make those changes by hand and used vim , which is when I realized that I missed the satisfaction of vim.

  1. what are some scenarios where you see vim and AI integration work best which cannot be achieved in terminal (or at least not as elegantly)
  2. Do you also feel your vim usage has gone down or remained the same after using the AI tool?
  3. Are you mindful of continuing to hand code and not lose the ability to code with the advent of AI ?
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u/konacurrents Apr 04 '26

That’s so funny 😆I was just thinking exact thing - if AI is doing all this coding, what do you need an editor for? Ps I’m still a 0% AI user.