# Onboarding, discoverability and documentation (`setup.onboarding_docs`)

Feedback Bench, coding agents, built 2026-10-19, window 2026-08-31 to 2026-10-18. Web page: https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/#/criterion/setup.onboarding_docs

Area: [Setting up and connecting](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/setup.md)

**Definition.** How easily a new user learns the product: quick-start guides, docs explaining features and modes, and how findable features are.

**Boundary.** Not this: see [Pricing and plan terms stated clearly and consistently](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/criteria/billing.pricing_clarity.md) for pricing docs. Not this: see ui.customization for settings complexity.

Rated user-weeks, all agents: 582. Complaint share: 79%.

## The brief

Written by large language models from this page's numbers and the posts it quotes, then checked: every number in the text is in the build. Interpretation, not measurement.

Pi and Amp are the easiest coding agents to learn, and both rank high. Users say Pi is usable from the first day and shows them how to change its own configuration when asked. They say Amp's onboarding and setup work without a hitch. Users rate this less often than most criteria: it is the 51st most rated of 63. When they do rate it, 79.4% of rated user-weeks are complaints. OpenAI Codex and Google Antigravity rank low. Codex users describe an app with many modes and updates that ship without release notes. Codex accounts for 25% of the category's complaints here.

### What separates the best from the rest

Users of the agents that rank high describe getting to work quickly. Pi users say the agent shows them how to edit its own settings. Amp users say it guided them through setup across their whole stack. Users of the agents that rank low describe getting lost. OpenAI Codex users say they cannot tell its modes apart or find newly announced options. Google Antigravity users say the docs are out of date or leave out settings, and that they cannot follow the workspace layout. Antigravity has 4 praise to 38 complaints.

- **Ranks high**: [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md), [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/amp.md)
  - Pi, 2026-10-03, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i moved away from claude code's bloat to pi.dev at work several, checks calendar, months ago. so you can use it for real life work. it will probably be better if you tinker with it but it's very usable from day 1.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1ww2ocw/pi_for_serious_coding_work_or_more_tinkering_fun/pdirugm/)
  - Amp, 2026-09-19, @AmpCode (X): “played around with @ampcode this morning and wow. the attention to detail is incredible. it onboarded across my entire stack without a hitch and guided me through every setup. it feels like devin but cheaper, faster and far more configurable. the future is exciting.” [source](https://twitter.com/2016294660658941952/status/2101363588648550852)
- **Ranks low**: [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md), [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md)
  - OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-07, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “i don't consider myself dumb or unengaged but i'm increasingly lost in codex app, its multiple regimes and where stuff even happens. wth does that even mean? [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/784656751295598593/status/2107809713710928344)
  - Google Antigravity, 2026-09-12, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “thank you, it's working so far. looks like that the official documentation is outdated then, as this is mentioned under /permissions and not /config.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1web57k/how_can_i_allow_all_cli_commands_in_a_simple/p9e43ha/)

## How it breaks

Rule: A separate pass sorts complaints into failure modes. For each criterion with at least 30 complaining user-weeks, a large language model reads 150 complaint posts drawn at random and names 4 to 8 failure modes; a second large language model then puts every complaint post on that criterion in one mode, or in Other when it fits none. Modes are fixed once named, and new posts are sorted into them each week. A mode counts distinct user-weeks with a complaint in it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Modes do not change the labels or the Feedback Score. Examples: up to 3 posts per mode from different users, chosen and checked as receipts are.

The largest failure mode is a steep first run, with bare defaults, many config concepts and no guided start. It accounts for 23% of complaining user-weeks and is spread across Claude Code, OpenAI Codex and Cursor. Missing or unclear docs follow at 22%. OpenAI Codex has the largest share of complaints about overlapping, confusingly named product surfaces, at 39%. OpenCode has the largest share of complaints about docs that lag behind the shipped version, at 35%.

465 complaining user-weeks.

| Failure mode | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steep first-run setup and learning curve | 108 | 110 | Claude Code 29, OpenAI Codex 25, Cursor 10, Pi 9, Amp 8, OpenCode 7, Google Antigravity 6, Zed 6, Devin 3, Factory 3, Conductor 1, Kiro 1 | New or switching users struggle to get going because of bare-bones defaults, a pile of config concepts (skills, hooks, plugins, extension systems), scattered config files or manual setup steps with no guided onboarding; confusion over naming between product surfaces is excluded. |
| Documentation missing, unclear or incomplete | 101 | 103 | Claude Code 25, OpenAI Codex 16, OpenCode 15, Pi 10, Google Antigravity 7, Zed 7, Cursor 6, Amp 4, GitHub Copilot 3, Factory 3, Cline 2, Devin 2, Warp 1 | Official docs, READMEs or tutorials don't explain a feature, setup step, permission mode, cost behaviour or configuration, or explain it so vaguely that users can't act on it; docs that were once correct but are now out of sync with the shipped version are excluded. |
| Features hidden or hard to locate | 80 | 81 | OpenAI Codex 22, OpenCode 16, Claude Code 11, Cursor 8, Zed 6, Google Antigravity 5, Devin 3, Factory 3, Pi 3, Amp 2, Cline 1 | A capability exists but users can't find its entry point, setting, command or button in the UI (including command palette misses and staged rollouts that make announced features invisible); conceptual confusion between product surfaces is not included. |
| Overlapping product surfaces with confusing naming | 66 | 69 | OpenAI Codex 26, Claude Code 18, Cursor 7, Amp 5, Google Antigravity 4, Devin 2, OpenCode 2, GitHub Copilot 1, Kiro 1 | Users can't tell apart multiple apps, tabs, modes or concepts that overlap or share names (e.g. chat vs work vs app, two different 'projects', sessions vs chats); this does not cover single hidden features or missing docs. |
| Silent updates without changelog or announcement | 30 | 31 | OpenAI Codex 10, Google Antigravity 7, OpenCode 5, Claude Code 4, Amp 2, Cursor 2 | New features, model releases, breaking changes or migrations ship without release notes, in-app what's-new summaries or notices, so users miss them or get caught out; this does not cover features that were announced but are simply hard to find. |
| Docs out of sync with shipped version | 26 | 26 | OpenCode 9, Claude Code 8, Google Antigravity 5, OpenAI Codex 2, Cursor 1, Pi 1 | Documentation describes behaviour, options or metadata that differ from the installed release, lags behind breaking changes, or is inconsistent between doc versions; docs that never covered the topic at all are excluded. |
| Agent cannot explain its own product | 9 | 10 | OpenAI Codex 4, Cursor 2, Google Antigravity 1, Claude Code 1, OpenCode 1 | The built-in assistant or support bot doesn't know, or gives wrong information about, the product's own features, plans, settings or commands when users ask it; this does not cover gaps in the static documentation itself. |
| Other | 51 | 52 | OpenAI Codex 11, Claude Code 8, Google Antigravity 4, Cursor 4, Devin 4, Augment Code 3, GitHub Copilot 3, Kiro 3, OpenCode 3, Amp 2, Cline 2, Pi 2, Warp 1, Zed 1 | Complaints that fit none of the modes above. |

#### Steep first-run setup and learning curve

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@joesparks @antigravity thanks! yes. the "out of box experience" needs some love” [source](https://twitter.com/190654997/status/2111666299025990095)
- Factory, 2026-10-13, @FactoryAI (X): “@fellipesoares @factoryai icl bro. i still haven’t figured out how to use it” [source](https://twitter.com/2023774234472755200/status/2109983918770323458)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, @ClaudeDevs (X): “i wasn't crazy. here @claudedevs has to do a job of helping us optimize all of this. we're going a bit blind, trial and error… [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/39761635/status/2108901645732266196)

#### Documentation missing, unclear or incomplete

- Claude Code, 2026-10-15, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs i don't understand how the environment works now. gets errors when loading previous folders. is those folders now inherited with environments?” [source](https://twitter.com/630341904/status/2110742654652956908)
- Pi, 2026-10-13, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i have, and i have down that before. it usually is superb. but for this query it got super confused. then i read the docs,human style. and i got confused 🤓” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1x58byg/pi_codemode_classifier_questions/pgkckdz/)
- Amp, 2026-10-10, @AmpCode (X): “@adamwathan @ampcode did you just use their docs to get up and running and familiar? or something else? i found their video tutorial offering a bit thin.” [source](https://twitter.com/1688691633624125443/status/2108922929710788678)

#### Features hidden or hard to locate

- Claude Code, 2026-10-15, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs can’t update the tweet but indeed it exists however not as clear as codex [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/28134130/status/2110629293520990490)
- Cline, 2026-10-14, r/CLine (Reddit): “yep, that was the issue i run on, but i couldn't find how to set up the rag with a embedding model for cline.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x4t6z6/is_there_a_way_to_set_up_a_rag_with_a_embedding/pgpadkg/)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-13, @opencode (X): “@opencode the webpage for opencode 2.0 is extremely difficult to find the api key... why did you design the ui like this... this is the worst design i have ever seen.” [source](https://twitter.com/881820889511219201/status/2109982408762359987)

#### Overlapping product surfaces with confusing naming

- Cursor, 2026-10-15, @cursor_ai (X): “navigating settings, dashboards etc between @cursor_ai and @grok is very confusing.” [source](https://twitter.com/380739301/status/2110530465690251552)
- Amp, 2026-10-13, @AmpCode (X): “@sqs @ampcode everything is just so busy and squished and filled with all your nomenclature - which is cool but also confusing to someone who is new to your platform.” [source](https://twitter.com/1232338194/status/2109998224719462693)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@aliceisplaying @claudedevs being asked to prepare a new entrance and then getting sent back to the old door is a particularly annoying onboarding experience.” [source](https://twitter.com/2004644022477021184/status/2108795491597042125)

#### Silent updates without changelog or announcement

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@codex_changelog i just had another update for my codex app on mac os. care to share the changelog????????? is it really that hard for engineers to understand?” [source](https://twitter.com/18198498/status/2111422584101159225)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “still no changelog for this codex app update? it is insane to me that, when supply chain attacks have never been more common or easy, a company like oai is cutting releases without any official indication that an update went out anywhere else” [source](https://twitter.com/37238075/status/2111247421812670752)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-07, r/codex (Reddit): “i’m still confused cause i don’t see the new auto review in my options?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wzcjo8/there_is_still_hope/peh71pn/)

#### Docs out of sync with shipped version

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-03, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “the docs and changelog page. it almost looks like css is broken there, looks very html like.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1wwg252/what_about_those_who_have_third_party_pro_plans/pdkq6pq/)
- OpenCode, 2026-09-29, r/opencode (Reddit): “in v2 they changed it to shift+tab. i love how none of their sh\*t is documented properly.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wsfmjx/how_to_bring_back_tab_key_to_switch_between_plan/pcw4nmn/)
- OpenCode, 2026-09-24, @opencode (X): “@opencode looks like the opencode docs are from the future 👀 they show skill metadata that isn’t supported yet in the latest published version, 2.0.16 (slash: true) [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/63079717/status/2103021438303158778)

#### Agent cannot explain its own product

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-24, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “codex cli is the worst experience a developer can have. the company that has the most money for ai to make such a horrible app. the user experience is terrible. furthermore, when i consult through the chat, it does not have access to its own documentation. [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1592995548247855106/status/2103145320289083894)
- Cursor, 2026-10-10, @cursor_ai (X): “that’s exactly what i was thinking, so i wanted to confirm. but it couldn’t give me any information, even after spending 3 min reading its own documentation. i didn’t want to upgrade to find out, so i just closed it. still have no idea. honestly the whole product is a mystery to me.” [source](https://twitter.com/398173256/status/2108925134153433350)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-12, r/codex (Reddit): “gl, this sounds annoying. i have had an assistant try to apply a banked reset, it did ask me in my case, but it was super annoying, like dude i didnt even ask asbout that, chill out. i find it so crazy that openai (and claude i thinik) have really bad knowledge base coverage of their own features. its soweird, like the amount of times i ask about a feature and it has to google it, and then sometimes still gives me bad info, wth” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wedff7/i_asked_about_reserve_codex_spent_my_saved_reset/p9d1vfn/)

## Top requests

What users ask to add or change, most asked first. 511 user-weeks ask for something. Requests do not change the Feedback Score. Rule: A separate pass by a large language model reads every counted post and extracts what the user asks the agent or its vendor to add or change, with the criteria it maps to and a short normalised wording; it does not touch the labels or the Feedback Score. A large language model groups the wordings within each criterion (the first criterion the request maps to) into themes, and a second pass merges themes that ask for the same change under different criteria; a merged theme sits under the criterion most of its requests map to, and code counts it once. A theme counts distinct user-weeks that ask for it, per agent; across agents, one user-week per agent. Themes asked in fewer than 2 user-weeks, and requests that share no theme, are not shown. Examples: up to 3 posts per theme from different users, without slurs: whole posts of 60 to 450 characters with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, posts of at most 280 characters first, then the newest.

| Rank | Request | User-weeks | Posts | Agents (user-weeks) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open source the product | 42 | 44 | Claude Code 13, OpenAI Codex 10, Google Antigravity 5, OpenCode 4, Zed 4, Devin 3, Cursor 2, Warp 1 |
| 2 | Published changelog for every update | 36 | 37 | Google Antigravity 13, OpenAI Codex 7, Cursor 5, Claude Code 3, OpenCode 3, Zed 2, Amp 1, Factory 1, Pi 1 |
| 3 | Unified single app | 34 | 35 | OpenAI Codex 16, Google Antigravity 8, Claude Code 5, OpenCode 2, GitHub Copilot 1, Cursor 1, Grok Build 1 |
| 4 | Reproducible transparent benchmarks | 21 | 23 | Devin 4, OpenCode 4, Claude Code 3, OpenAI Codex 3, Factory 2, Pi 2, Google Antigravity 1, Cline 1, Cursor 1 |
| 5 | Simpler onboarding and setup | 21 | 21 | OpenAI Codex 6, Google Antigravity 5, Cursor 3, Devin 3, Claude Code 2, Amp 1, Kiro 1 |
| 6 | Quick-start guides and tutorials | 15 | 15 | Google Antigravity 2, Claude Code 2, OpenAI Codex 2, Devin 2, OpenCode 2, Augment Code 1, Cursor 1, Factory 1, Pi 1, Zed 1 |
| 7 | Early access to beta and experimental features | 14 | 14 | Google Antigravity 4, Claude Code 4, Amp 3, GitHub Copilot 1, Devin 1, OpenCode 1 |
| 8 | More usage examples in docs | 12 | 12 | Claude Code 5, OpenAI Codex 3, Amp 1, Cursor 1, OpenCode 1, Warp 1 |
| 9 | Wider access to projects feature | 12 | 12 | Claude Code 11, Factory 1 |
| 10 | Less feature bloat, focus on core coding | 11 | 13 | OpenAI Codex 8, Google Antigravity 1, Cursor 1, Pi 1 |
| 11 | Better project and repo management | 11 | 12 | Claude Code 3, OpenAI Codex 3, Cursor 3, Amp 1, OpenCode 1 |
| 12 | Share prompts and workflows from posts | 11 | 12 | OpenAI Codex 3, OpenCode 3, Claude Code 2, Pi 2, Devin 1 |

### 1. Open source the product

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@_mohansolo @antigravity agy doesn't seem to have ctrl+r history search? and i can't send a pr because it's not open source? wtf folks 😭” [source](https://twitter.com/1853296525373546496/status/2111635455406198848)
- Warp, 2026-10-16, @warpdotdev (X): “@zachlloydtweets @warpdotdev when are you going to open source your software factory?” [source](https://twitter.com/1729247211953827840/status/2111115989861712086)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-12, r/codex (Reddit): “its cool. would be great if you could open source it. just add the source to the paid app. i'll buy it. i would port it to linux.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x3fp16/i_used_codex_to_build_an_entire_2d3d_animation/pfe26sy/)

### 2. Published changelog for every update

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@codex_changelog i just had another update for my codex app on mac os. care to share the changelog????????? is it really that hard for engineers to understand?” [source](https://twitter.com/18198498/status/2111422584101159225)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “still no changelog for this codex app update? it is insane to me that, when supply chain attacks have never been more common or easy, a company like oai is cutting releases without any official indication that an update went out anywhere else” [source](https://twitter.com/37238075/status/2111247421812670752)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-16, @antigravity (X): “@rodydavis @antigravity info about antigravity v2.24.0 today will be found where? would be nice to link to that in antigravity where the version is display along with the check for updates action” [source](https://twitter.com/2057943676437901312/status/2111156583883309324)

### 3. Unified single app

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-06, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@tokengremlin personally, keep chat web only, merge work and codex and just name it codex again. rebrand dots as codex. basically, instead of talking to a bot, you're like talking to codex app itself. make it like a character, like jarvis” [source](https://twitter.com/1907787527311728641/status/2107483378232828007)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-06, @antigravity (X): “@adhidesign @googledeepmind @antigravity keep the ide and agent mode in one app, like vscode” [source](https://twitter.com/1295258246886780928/status/2107440714087047186)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-04, r/codex (Reddit): “its weird that we cannot chat with normal gpt for task dictation and then handoff to codex to do work” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1sieigp/how_to_reduce_your_token_usage/pdv8h1m/)

### 4. Reproducible transparent benchmarks

- Claude Code, 2026-10-16, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs a side-by-side review of the same pr in all three modes would help a lot. show what quick misses, what deep catches, and the extra time and cost. much easier to choose a default with that in front of you.” [source](https://twitter.com/2060554585643843585/status/2110949746508763220)
- Factory, 2026-10-14, @FactoryAI (X): “@mtslive @taylorthesavage i'd love @factoryai @droid to build an example on this. i've been having the top tier monthly for months and right know i'd like to come back... give me a resason and i will like many others. some real benchamark, like coding, etc. not 3d games please.” [source](https://twitter.com/1738636938616115200/status/2110357929874604468)
- Devin, 2026-09-26, @cognition (X): “am i the only one waiting for @cognition to update their deepswe bench?😭😭😭 i use that shi to make real life decisions 😭” [source](https://twitter.com/1343528621542150144/status/2103794002055033104)

### 5. Simpler onboarding and setup

- Claude Code, 2026-10-07, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “agreed. maybe like a “new model setup wizard” where it provides input based on the model strength” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wzgxfh/why_is_claude_so_clueless_with_managing_itself/pec57uk/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-06, @antigravity (X): “@adhidesign @googledeepmind @antigravity antigravity's ux has so much potential, i'd love to see more intuitive onboarding features” [source](https://twitter.com/157832464/status/2107452817703330099)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-06, @antigravity (X): “@adhidesign @googledeepmind @antigravity have it preset to work like claude or manus or current version of codex out the box. there is too much setup at the moment. i should be able to connect to my git and google ecosystem in 2 clicks” [source](https://twitter.com/2281986498/status/2107438308842205345)

### 6. Quick-start guides and tutorials

- Pi, 2026-10-11, @pidotdev (X): “@henriquebastos @pidotdev you know what would be cool? a youtube video showing how to set it up 😃” [source](https://twitter.com/4211433760/status/2109393449594339462)
- OpenCode, 2026-10-07, r/opencode (Reddit): “would like to see some tutorials or links to youtube vids. the whole topic is really confusing to many.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1x03juj/some_quick_lessons_about_agent_orquestration_i/pej0t8p/)
- Devin, 2026-10-05, @cognition (X): “@dabit3 @nick_white @cognition @devinai @grok working with a windsurf harness - need a step by step guide on how to manage my sprints via my harness through ipad .” [source](https://twitter.com/1944915981513457664/status/2107156818543726805)

### 7. Early access to beta and experimental features

- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-10, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “having some testing for paid plans would be cool. opt into it. thought i'd guess they'd limit it to ultra plans if that did it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x2j9nc/hows_there_a_benchmark_for_argon_when_we_cant_use/pf3ti3h/)
- Google Antigravity, 2026-10-10, r/google_antigravity (Reddit): “they should give us the external testing that would be much better than their internal testing” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/google_antigravity/comments/1x2j9nc/hows_there_a_benchmark_for_argon_when_we_cant_use/pf3t79z/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs can you make a separate page for “beta” 95% of your followers don’t care about beta because it is not available to us. u are just pissing us off, let us know when it is available to us” [source](https://twitter.com/1738036287670534144/status/2108763708977799480)

### 8. More usage examples in docs

- Warp, 2026-10-13, @warpdotdev (X): “@sentry @warpdotdev @bholmesdev @sergical a useful take-home would be the demo repo at a fixed commit plus the steps to reproduce the issue. that would let attendees repeat the sentry-to-warp workflow after the live session and pinpoint where they get stuck.” [source](https://twitter.com/1985039850064818176/status/2110082896526782660)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-05, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “can you give us a few use-cases (real world stuff) for this please? because as far as i can see it has none. is this like orca? velaterm? agentsroom and all the others?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wycbbr/i_built_a_terminal_where_you_can_watch_claude/pe1ure8/)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-01, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs the highest-leverage addition would be runnable “golden tasks” beside each guide: input fixture → exact command/prompt → expected diff/tests. that turns a clever claude code trick into something teams can safely copy and review.” [source](https://twitter.com/1582348100945018882/status/2105489484200731048)

### 9. Wider access to projects feature

- Claude Code, 2026-10-14, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs can projects beta be added to teams accounts please?” [source](https://twitter.com/284330499/status/2110472834569191795)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs when will the new projects come to non-code surfaces?” [source](https://twitter.com/4388018962/status/2108757628503703831)
- Claude Code, 2026-10-10, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs waitlist for projects access. artificial scarcity for a digital product. web3 vibes without the blockchain.” [source](https://twitter.com/1891833767519715329/status/2108752757175755003)

### 10. Less feature bloat, focus on core coding

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-10, r/codex (Reddit): “they should return more simple codex app or made new one. new superapp is very bad. thankfully, we still have codex cli and chatgpt classic, but i suspect they will stop supporting classic version in future 😢” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x2mfv4/chatgptcodex_mac_app_crashing_and_using_excessive/pf47ip9/)
- Pi, 2026-10-08, @pidotdev (X): “systemone? 👀 i've just built an extension for that... i hope @pidotdev won't evolve to be another runtime with an "everything harness" please... [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1669177150262628352/status/2108037010724438038)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-05, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@ajambrosino performance and remove all bloat. if possible a codex app and more coding related features. stop dumbing down your products.” [source](https://twitter.com/1684529867311009795/status/2107135556027314569)

### 11. Better project and repo management

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-10, r/codex (Reddit): “yeah it’s good, but it’s definitely got some spots i wish they’d improve (let me split convos, or make dedicated project dots)” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x209ei/tried_dot_for_1_week_and_it_won_me/peymh2n/)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-08, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “why the heck can't i start a codex app chat without it being in a project anymore??” [source](https://twitter.com/1252162540571963393/status/2108245197498859729)
- Amp, 2026-10-02, @AmpCode (X): “@ampcode hey, any plans for better projects? i had to fit our many microservices into like 5 projects by scope, now i don't exactly know what is where, so sometimes i need to check the settings. and i don't need everything cloned every time - maybe something dynamic?” [source](https://twitter.com/44927319/status/2105954693004587034)

### 12. Share prompts and workflows from posts

- OpenAI Codex, 2026-10-12, r/codex (Reddit): “hey can we have the full workflow please that look so good i wana do the same” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1x40em0/didnt_knew_i_could_edit_videos_with_astra_made/pfi1kqr/)
- Devin, 2026-10-01, @cognition (X): “@uxduck @cognition nuts, how did you do it? we need a tutorial” [source](https://twitter.com/985881537353744385/status/2105645842212569471)
- OpenAI Codex, 2026-09-14, r/codex (Reddit): “why are they recording videos and not sharing the link to the examples like chatgpt lets us do? that would have much more legitimacy than this.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1wg3odg/openai_is_silently_degrading_some_astra_codex/p9suw56/)

## Every agent

| Agent | Overall rank | Reading | Customer love | 95% interval | n | Praise | Complaint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Pi](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/pi.md) | 4 | 1st of 7 | 0.537 | 0.510–0.565 | 42 | 18 | 24 |
| [Amp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/amp.md) | 5 | 2nd of 7 | 0.521 | 0.497–0.547 | 33 | 11 | 22 |
| [Claude Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/claude-code.md) | 1 | 3rd of 7 | 0.510 | 0.469–0.553 | 129 | 28 | 101 |
| [Cursor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cursor.md) | 7 | 4th of 7 | 0.497 | 0.476–0.519 | 50 | 10 | 40 |
| [OpenCode](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/opencode.md) | 3 | 5th of 7 | 0.492 | 0.464–0.521 | 71 | 13 | 58 |
| [Google Antigravity](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/antigravity.md) | 14 | 6th of 7 | 0.474 | 0.459–0.490 | 42 | 4 | 38 |
| [OpenAI Codex](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/codex.md) | 10 | 7th of 7 | 0.461 | 0.433–0.494 | 133 | 18 | 115 |
| [Zed](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/zed.md) | 8 | Too few posts | – | – | 20 | 1 | 19 |
| [Devin](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/devin.md) | 2 | Too few posts | – | – | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| [Factory](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/factory.md) | 6 | Too few posts | – | – | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| [Cline](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/cline.md) | 11 | Too few posts | – | – | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| [GitHub Copilot](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/copilot.md) | 9 | Too few posts | – | – | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| [Kiro](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/kiro.md) | 13 | Too few posts | – | – | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| [Augment Code](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/augment.md) | 17 | Too few posts | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| [Warp](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/warp.md) | 15 | Too few posts | – | – | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| [Conductor](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/conductor.md) | 12 | Too few posts | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Grok Build](https://feedbackbench.com/coding-agents/agents/grok-build.md) | 16 | Too few posts | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Posts

Receipts rule: Up to 5 praise and 5 complaint posts per area and 3 per criterion. Each is a whole post of 60 to 450 characters (700 for areas) with at least 8 words beyond handles and links, that judges the criterion, whose labels are all praise or all complaint, and that contains no slur. Posts that touch the fewest criteria come first, then posts of at most 280 characters, then the newest. A second large language model reads the first 3 candidates per slot and keeps a post only if it clearly praises, or clearly complains about, the agent on that criterion. Links and personal details removed by the source show as marks such as [link].

### Pi

- Praise, 2026-10-03, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i moved away from claude code's bloat to pi.dev at work several, checks calendar, months ago. so you can use it for real life work. it will probably be better if you tinker with it but it's very usable from day 1.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1ww2ocw/pi_for_serious_coding_work_or_more_tinkering_fun/pdirugm/)
- Praise, 2026-09-20, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i've been asking pi to configure itself every few updates and it's great at this. even runs a small benchmark on local models before adding them to give me more info. bottom line: pi is great at configuring itself. ask it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wlebgj/latest_pi_version_86_broke_working_with_local/pb0w3l0/)
- Praise, 2026-09-10, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “ask pi how to do it lol it showed me how to edit the json file. now i can use it.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wcas0i/anyone_using_ds_v41_flash_in_pi/p8xpigq/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i have, and i have down that before. it usually is superb. but for this query it got super confused. then i read the docs,human style. and i got confused 🤓” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1x58byg/pi_codemode_classifier_questions/pgkckdz/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-03, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “i think that is the problem. i don't need that many features. the documentation is a novel at this point.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wtx1tz/pi_is_becoming_bloated/pdk5h6v/)

### Amp

- Praise, 2026-10-13, @AmpCode (X): “@owengretzinger @enoreyes @factoryai @ampcode all the way. constantly 3-6 months ahead of everyone else, and incredibly easier to setup (prompt away until the dust settles)” [source](https://twitter.com/2000470921329709056/status/2110087517848346720)
- Praise, 2026-09-18, @AmpCode (X): “second -- @ampcode figured out the primitives and the setup ux correctly. we've tried a lot of different tools and most of them were built for demos and not real businesses [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1638021681309523968/status/2100923103714988539)
- Praise, 2026-09-06, @AmpCode (X): “@thorstenball @ampcode yup, this is all rust! onboarding to orbs was super easy—the setup in all repositories i work with is usually quite structured already; mostly a matter to paper over some restrictions (e.g. docker).” [source](https://twitter.com/883623015405293569/status/2096537610181112217)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, @AmpCode (X): “@sqs @ampcode everything is just so busy and squished and filled with all your nomenclature - which is cool but also confusing to someone who is new to your platform.” [source](https://twitter.com/1232338194/status/2109998224719462693)
- Complaint, 2026-10-10, @AmpCode (X): “@adamwathan @ampcode did you just use their docs to get up and running and familiar? or something else? i found their video tutorial offering a bit thin.” [source](https://twitter.com/1688691633624125443/status/2108922929710788678)
- Complaint, 2026-09-23, @AmpCode (X): “@iannuttall @ampcode what's good about amp? i tried download it once and got so confused on how to use it. there is this orbs thing that i don't know what it is” [source](https://twitter.com/457307083/status/2102577461834006973)

### Claude Code

- Praise, 2026-10-11, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “much like me then. not being funny but my grandma could probably make a game with claude now. i knew nothing going into it, you can pick it up and learn what to do and what to not do as you go.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x229rr/what_is_the_most_ambitious_thing_youve_built_with/pf9lbpc/)
- Praise, 2026-10-10, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “is there seriously a learning curve? i just ask claude to do everything. including doing the learning curve for me” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1x2cqzb/claude_code_timeline/pf2wmqo/)
- Praise, 2026-10-09, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs this is really cool. basically how i already work with claude but without the setup hassle when starting a new project.” [source](https://twitter.com/286043562/status/2108641820486054280)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs can’t update the tweet but indeed it exists however not as clear as codex [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/28134130/status/2110629293520990490)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @ClaudeDevs (X): “@claudedevs i don't understand how the environment works now. gets errors when loading previous folders. is those folders now inherited with environments?” [source](https://twitter.com/630341904/status/2110742654652956908)
- Complaint, 2026-10-11, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “i used this once, then i couldn't remember or find the command documented anywhere later. thought i was going insane.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1w255xr/can_someone_explain_lowpriority_to_me/pf7v4ue/)

### Cursor

- Praise, 2026-10-15, @cursor_ai (X): “@cursor_ai really cooked with grok bot this is insane. from download to functional workflows in minutes. did not expect game like this” [source](https://twitter.com/2849870992/status/2110567596869489009)
- Praise, 2026-09-14, r/cursor (Reddit): “it's really easy to set up. when you go and you click "create project" and connect a repo, the orchestrator bot shows up right away and is already ready to receive instructions. if you're not quite sure what to do, just ask it and it will tell you.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursor/comments/1wg22hl/is_switching_away_from_cursor_really_the_play/p9rwfo8/)
- Praise, 2026-09-02, @cursor_ai (X): “@teslaconomics @spacexai @cursor_ai just starting to use the product....user friendly for a non tech guy.” [source](https://twitter.com/1494460032221696001/status/2095166139244364285)
- Complaint, 2026-10-15, @cursor_ai (X): “navigating settings, dashboards etc between @cursor_ai and @grok is very confusing.” [source](https://twitter.com/380739301/status/2110530465690251552)
- Complaint, 2026-10-02, @cursor_ai (X): “@dannypostma @cursor_ai soooo confusing. look forward to their consolidation, which is coming soon from what i understand.” [source](https://twitter.com/18451316/status/2105967002741321744)
- Complaint, 2026-09-25, @cursor_ai (X): “@fatih @cursor_ai what the… i was all mad the other day when claude announced it and looked around. i still don’t know how to group 2-3 repos for local projects. i’ll poked around more today” [source](https://twitter.com/1960383604367745026/status/2103514654722896171)

### OpenCode

- Praise, 2026-10-14, @opencode (X): “@thdxr @opencode love the new release notes feature in the opencode cli, thanks ❤️” [source](https://twitter.com/2094804572250210305/status/2110427796459651263)
- Praise, 2026-10-01, r/LocalLLaMA (Reddit): “im waiting on a dedicated tui version, had too many issues setting up oh-my-dsh and other community releases for dsh tui, decided opencode was simple enough, especially with v2” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wutkgt/deepseek_harness_02_optional_bundle_architecture/pd6i6am/)
- Praise, 2026-09-30, r/opencode (Reddit): “typical update procedure but i think you need to so some migration shii before that. everything is documente though so you can just check their docs” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/opencode/comments/1wmi2tv/migrating_to_opencode_v2_from_v1/pcy490e/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, @opencode (X): “@opencode i am *baffled* at how difficult it was to find a way to create an api key with your new ui. i setup just under 10 apis today. one of them google! zen was the hardest api key to find.” [source](https://twitter.com/24272946/status/2109885468053840339)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, @opencode (X): “@opencode the webpage for opencode 2.0 is extremely difficult to find the api key... why did you design the ui like this... this is the worst design i have ever seen.” [source](https://twitter.com/881820889511219201/status/2109982408762359987)
- Complaint, 2026-10-06, @opencode (X): “you guys should do something about this one lol! i issues on logs/ api usage acceptable (not really but yeah) , but a dead link in the page where user clicks to find how to use it ? not a fan of that. @opencode @jayair @adamdotdev” [source](https://twitter.com/1689951062684241920/status/2107481950185521456)

### Google Antigravity

- Complaint, 2026-10-18, @antigravity (X): “@joesparks @antigravity thanks! yes. the "out of box experience" needs some love” [source](https://twitter.com/190654997/status/2111666299025990095)
- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @antigravity (X): “gemini 3.8 flash is surprisingly good! unfortunately the cli does not advertise model params like context size, so we had to measure the limits and hardcode them, and we need to update when argon ships. @googledeepmind @antigravity please address this [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/14542160/status/2108568695287001580)
- Complaint, 2026-10-06, @antigravity (X): “@adhidesign @googledeepmind @antigravity didn't understand the workspace layouts at all. what's a thread? where's the project containing it? how to organize?” [source](https://twitter.com/101165324/status/2107447834156908995)

### OpenAI Codex

- Praise, 2026-10-11, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@tcballard @omarchy definitely concur. omarchy opened a door to linux i never intended to open. saw tweets dismissing it recently. they just don’t get it. with claude or codex cli, anyone can get started. love familiar!” [source](https://twitter.com/37387431/status/2109340397948284986)
- Praise, 2026-09-19, r/ClaudeCode (Reddit): “codex does seem more beginner-friendly. also check out lovable.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1wkjdjt/my_last_session_took_13h_23m_35s_the_result/par9jn3/)
- Praise, 2026-09-05, r/codex (Reddit): “migrated yesterday from cc to codex, not really finding it overwhelming. still finding my way around it but for my needs it feels mostly self explanatory. unless you had a highly customised cc (fully vanilla here) you won’t really notice much difference, in my opinion.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/codex/comments/1w859y4/coming_from_claude_code_what_is_the_learning/p800zs8/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “still no changelog for this codex app update? it is insane to me that, when supply chain attacks have never been more common or easy, a company like oai is cutting releases without any official indication that an update went out anywhere else” [source](https://twitter.com/37238075/status/2111247421812670752)
- Complaint, 2026-10-17, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “@codex_changelog i just had another update for my codex app on mac os. care to share the changelog????????? is it really that hard for engineers to understand?” [source](https://twitter.com/18198498/status/2111422584101159225)
- Complaint, 2026-10-08, X search: OpenAI Codex, Codex CLI, Codex app (X): “interesting how @openai codex either expects their users to know what "next tool call" means or would like them to further investigate what it means... [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1056482570165276672/status/2108064656422298043)

### Zed

- Complaint, 2026-10-09, @zeddotdev (X): “gpui is built for agents because i dont see its docs. or i am blind? just couple of small mds in the repo what the hell? @zeddotdev” [source](https://twitter.com/897031319225552898/status/2108610162303078690)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, r/ZedEditor (Reddit): “didn't realize we have that in zed, it is hidden too deep to me xd i was expecting sort of customized theme registries like what we have for emacs/vim” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/ZedEditor/comments/1w9ecgp/added_colors_to_the_agents_panel_markdown/pdzhimr/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @zeddotdev (X): “@zeddotdev tried it, honestly the software is a bit confusing. (it's just my opinion on first time learning friction, not my judgement on the software itself)” [source](https://twitter.com/1618866444049203200/status/2105556475640975716)

### Devin

- Praise, 2026-09-25, @cognition (X): “@matthewcp tbh @cognition’s devinwiki is really good for this” [source](https://twitter.com/1595924352/status/2103536577209094392)
- Complaint, 2026-09-22, @cognition (X): “@oscarlehuu @cognition @cognition are putting in some serious work. however, their software (devin desktop/cloud) still feel kinda confusing to me. there still is a chasm between desktop (windsurf) and cloud. they don't feel like a single unified experience...yet.” [source](https://twitter.com/1446549744621391877/status/2102334588202651831)
- Complaint, 2026-09-30, @cognition (X): “@cognition really half-assed its subscription-integration with @chatgpt. cannot use the same email for both, and whatever workflow instructions are provided to integrate in-account don’t work or exist.” [source](https://twitter.com/470347011/status/2105247410771665093)

### Factory

- Praise, 2026-10-13, @FactoryAI (X): “@owengretzinger @enoreyes @factoryai @ampcode all the way. constantly 3-6 months ahead of everyone else, and incredibly easier to setup (prompt away until the dust settles)” [source](https://twitter.com/2000470921329709056/status/2110087517848346720)
- Praise, 2026-10-08, @FactoryAI (X): “if you want an edge at work, learn your tools properly 😉 just finished the @factoryai academy. really enjoyed the lessons and picked up some new ways of working! [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/1301166362396626944/status/2108257087738478832)
- Praise, 2026-10-04, @droid (X): “@droid nice, i see that you've added image gen docs! ([link]) [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/2049094513633726464/status/2106657384605110322)
- Complaint, 2026-10-13, @FactoryAI (X): “@fellipesoares @factoryai icl bro. i still haven’t figured out how to use it” [source](https://twitter.com/2023774234472755200/status/2109983918770323458)
- Complaint, 2026-09-29, @droid (X): “@droid that's a web thing? where do i find it? is there a help for it? i couldn't find it directly in your docs site.” [source](https://twitter.com/1923709631265959936/status/2105028874731978862)
- Complaint, 2026-09-27, @FactoryAI (X): “@droid @factoryai having it for a while doesn't help if discoverability is this bad. most of us never saw it until now.” [source](https://twitter.com/2079846327744401408/status/2104094827193532478)

### Cline

- Praise, 2026-09-30, @cline (X): “i have used cline a lot with cursor ide back when grok fast 1 was unlimited. though there were some hiccups but would recommend it especially for someone just getting started with agentic coding. pretty easy to configure and let's u learn a lot of nitty gritties of coding agents. but i don't hear anyone talk about it much. i must revisit” [source](https://twitter.com/2207203190/status/2105296966917963815)
- Complaint, 2026-10-14, r/CLine (Reddit): “yep, that was the issue i run on, but i couldn't find how to set up the rag with a embedding model for cline.” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1x4t6z6/is_there_a_way_to_set_up_a_rag_with_a_embedding/pgpadkg/)
- Complaint, 2026-10-05, r/CLine (Reddit): “i've updated to the latest version and it's still not obvious where the plan/act control is. do we have any official documentation on where it should be?” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/CLine/comments/1wvrsac/cline_desktop_toggle_to_act_mode/pdz3u73/)
- Complaint, 2026-09-24, r/PiCodingAgent (Reddit): “after installing cline, go to more models, search for "glm-5.3-flash", select it, and run it. it works within the free usage limit. they haven't clearly mentioned this in the documentation. pls let me know” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/PiCodingAgent/comments/1wofu5y/cline_in_pi/pbowp6g/)

### GitHub Copilot

- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @GitHubCopilot (X): “the @githubcopilot app just couldn't be more confusing... i just want to start an agent (local or cloud) to work on a fix... [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/5772112/status/2105494882169262472)
- Complaint, 2026-10-01, @GitHubCopilot (X): “the @githubcopilot app just couldn't be more confusing... i just want to start an agent (local or cloud) to work on an issue... [link]” [source](https://twitter.com/5772112/status/2105494942051402123)
- Complaint, 2026-09-27, r/GithubCopilot (Reddit): “the documentation on how github copilot handles these in context instructions, and how it handles compaction cycles, is hot garbage” [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/GithubCopilot/comments/1wre0j7/agentsmd_vs_githubcopilotinstructionsmd_when/pcgu92v/)

### Kiro

- Complaint, 2026-09-03, @kirodotdev (X): “@kirodotdev i guess u guyd doing great job to close the gap , but it still have big gaps , i think if u can make less set up for users it would be great , cuz i phase alot of issues and bugs with kirecrew that made me stop using it even before the new windows , like voice doesn't work etc..” [source](https://twitter.com/1529990445241192458/status/2095534968885707147)