Codent — AI skill for Claude Code
Codent — AI coding agent for the terminal.
How to install Codent
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open MrWangJustToDo/Codent and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Codent does
Codent — AI coding agent for the terminal. Edits code, runs commands, and plans tasks locally or through a remote server — in the CLI, a Chrome extension, or a browser playground. Three orthogonal planes (Workspace · LLM · Session) let you mix local & remote however you want. Built on TanStack AI
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README
Codent
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A **runtime-agnostic** AI coding agent — same core logic, runs in terminal, Chrome extension, or WebContainer playground. Workspace, LLM provider, and agent session are three orthogonal planes; mix local/remote however you want. Built on [TanStack AI SDK](https://tanstack.com/ai).
Why Codent?
| Traditional AI IDEs | Codent |
|---|---|
| Tied to specific editors | Works with any editor + terminal |
| Cloud black box | Fully local, or remote only what you choose |
| Single interaction mode | Terminal / browser / extension — switch freely |
| Fixed toolset | Skills + Extensions + MCP — extend on demand |
Features
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Multi-Model | OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, Ollama, OpenRouter — any LLM provider via model adapter |
| Terminal UI | React-powered TUI with Shiki syntax highlighting, a lightweight LiteDiff renderer for message-stream diffs (hunk-highlighted, full/lite toggle via /settings diff), streaming markdown, and theme support |
| Workspace Browser | Full-screen file tree (Ctrl+E) with git status, Seti/Nerd Font icons, scrollable file preview, and HEAD diff view |
| Chrome Extension | Full agent UI running in the browser via remote CoreEnv (WXT + HeroUI) |
| Local / Remote | Independent planes: workspace (--remote-env), LLM provider (--remote-provider), Agent Session (--remote-session) — all three support HTTP remoting with SSE auto-reconnect |
| Tool Approval | Review |
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