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	Claude Code S	Claude Agent SDK S	Cursor S	Figma AI A
Tagline	Anthropic's CLI agent. Opus-powered, operates on your repo directly.	Anthropic's SDK for building your own agents on Claude.	VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.	AI features baked into the design tool you already use.
Category	Coding	Agents	Coding	Design
Pricing	Part of Claude Pro/Max/Team plans	API usage + SDK is free	Free + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business	Included with Figma plans
Best for	Developers who want an agent, not autocomplete. Large refactors, tests, docs.	Developers building custom agents for their own company/product.	Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.	Designers already on Figma.
Strengths	Runs locally, edits your actual files Strong on large codebases with 1M context Great at multi-step tasks	Production-grade agent primitives Built on Claude (best reasoning) Full control — build exactly what you need	Tab completion feels like mind-reading Composer for multi-file edits Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick	First drafts with Make Designs Rename/rearrange layers automatically Natural language asset search
Weaknesses	Terminal-based — learning curve Can't be used without Claude subscription	Developer-only You build the UI	Can feel overwhelming for non-coders Expensive at scale	Features vary by plan + region Still rolling out
Kai's verdict	S-tier if you live in the terminal. Different shape than Cursor — complementary, not replacement.	S-tier for builders. The right primitives. What Kai is built on under the hood.	S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.	A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.
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