An AI-native IDE is not a chatbot bolted onto a text box. In Elcro:

• The agent reads and writes the same files you edit.
• Tools share the workbench: terminal, SCM, debugger state, browser.
• Modes encode policy (read-only vs edit vs debug evidence).

Practical implication

Write prompts that state the goal and constraints; let tools gather files. Avoid pasting entire files when @ mentions or read_file can load them.