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How AI Coding Assistants Actually Work Under the Hood

Transformers, context windows, retrieval versus agentic search, reasoning models, and the run-and-verify loop: the real mechanics behind Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot, and why they succeed and fail in predictable ways.

Ahmad J · Aug 7, 2026 · 6 min read