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Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs to find out

SteadyVane has taken 35 readings of Which tools do Claude, Codex and Cursor choose? We measured 17k runs… since Sep 3, 2026: 26 points at the first reading, 297 at the latest (+271). Its biggest one-day gain was +261 on Sep 4, 2026.

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first seen points

297

peak points

297

latest points

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first seen Sep 3, 2026 · last seen Sep 8, 2026 · published Sep 3, 2026

Day by day

Day (UTC)	points	Change
Sep 8, 2026	297	+1
Sep 7, 2026	296	0
Sep 6, 2026	296	+2
Sep 5, 2026	294	+7
Sep 4, 2026	287	+261
Sep 3, 2026	26	0

Each day's last reading. Change: against the day before (after days with no reading: since the last day that has one); the first day shows the change within that day.

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