Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools
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Why would a coding agent ignore a retrieval interface that returns more precise results? I explored this question in a small study comparing lexical search with grep against LSP-backed semantic navigation. I expected semantic navigation to reduce noise and save tokens. Instead, agents often stayed…
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- 2026-08-31 04:28 · DEV Community — AI
Grep beats LSP? Why coding agents ignore your fancier tools