According to the article, developer tools should be open-source and broadly extensible; AI coding agents have become the most important devtools, and a unified Plugin standard enables anyone to extend them. As a result, plugin developers gain direct access to the large software output generated by CLIs, integrated development environments, cloud agents and personal assistants, producing a significant ecosystem effect.
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The role of open-source and broadly extensible devtools in AI coding agents
According to the article, developer tools should be open-source and broadly extensible; AI coding agents have become the most important devtools, and a unified Plugin standard enables anyone to extend them.



