Start with your current workflow. Leave with an action only when direct, dated evidence supports it—not when price, modeled headroom, or a model benchmark merely looks persuasive.
Evidence rule: native-tool quality, productivity, and governance remain unranked unless a same-scope receipt supports the comparison.
You already work in a CLI agent and need to decide whether changing tools is justified.
Action
Evidence limited · unranked
Evidence receipt
OpenAI documents Codex subscription use with five-hour windows and weekly limits; that establishes a quota shape, not a cross-terminal winner.Unit: 5-hour window + weekly limit · Scope: Codex on ChatGPT subscriptions; native plan mechanics only · Source: OpenAI Codex pricing and credit rates ↗ · Checked 2026-07-20
Wrong if
Wrong if you treat a published quota window, modeled headroom, price, or AA Coding as proof that one terminal agent is better in your repository.
Reverse when
Re-open Stay versus Switch after both candidates have direct, same-task terminal evidence and the official-source audit is back inside the weekly SLA.
You already work in an editor assistant and need evidence that migration improves the native workflow.
Action
Evidence limited · unranked
Evidence receipt
Cursor documents separate Auto/Composer and selected-model usage pools; that establishes billing mechanics, not comparative editor productivity.Unit: separate monthly usage pools · Scope: Cursor individual plans; billing and routing mechanics only · Source: Cursor models and pricing ↗ · Checked 2026-07-20
Wrong if
Wrong if editor integration, repository indexing, extension support, or policy controls are decisive and have not been tested in both candidates.
Reverse when
Re-open Stay versus Switch after the same repository task and required editor controls are verified in both candidates and the source audit is current.
You are considering metered inference instead of relying only on an included subscription pool.
Action
Evidence limited · unranked
Evidence receipt
Official provider documentation separates direct API or credit billing from included subscription pools, making the meter—not a modeled subscription allowance—the proof route.Unit: USD per million input/output tokens · Scope: direct API, usage-credit, or BYOK spend route; no tool-quality claim · Source: Anthropic model pricing ↗ · Checked 2026-07-20
Wrong if
Wrong if the coding client cannot use your key, the required model or feature is subscription-only, or you cannot enforce a tested spend cap.
Reverse when
Route only after the client/key path, current API rate, and a hard spend cap are verified; until then this path remains unranked.