The Quick Answer
Use Cursor for fast feature work and refactors inside a single repo. Use Claude Code for multi-file investigations, agentic tasks, and anything terminal-heavy. At Thought Driven we use both — every single day.
Where Each Tool Wins
Cursor's tight feedback loop and inline edits are unmatched for everyday product engineering. Claude Code shines when you need a coding agent that can run shell commands, follow up with grep, edit ten files, run tests, and commit.
How We Combine Them
We start exploratory work in Claude Code (read the repo, find the right spot), then bring it into Cursor for the surgical edit and the inline review. Two tools, one workflow.