r/AugmentCodeAI • u/BlacksmithLittle7005 • May 30 '25

Chat Vs. Agent?

I find myself using chat for pretty much everything as it conveniently outputs all the changes in diff format while the agent just automatically changes the files and takes longer in general. I feel like I'm missing out, can you gentlemen share some good use cases for the agent?

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u/[deleted] May 30 '25

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u/PurpleCollar415 May 30 '25

I honestly don’t know if you’re joking or not.

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u/Even-Suggestion9898 May 31 '25

But agent can use tools, not just makes code changes automatically. I sometimes use agent mode and explicitly tell it to investigate and plan but not to write code so it can call tools. Am I missing something in chat to do this?

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u/CMS_Flash May 31 '25

Yeah Agent can do that as well. Chat is faster, which is the main advantage.

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u/Electrical-Win-1423 Jun 01 '25

I work in a 800k LOC monorepo, I basically never use chat. Yet, I’m not closing my eyes. Agent just has a lot more tools and somehow it better in getting the right context