[FEATURE] "rename" tool - to rename properties in code calling e.g. vscode,IDEA other IDEs / Language Server MCPs ?

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Apr 13, 2026 by rufreakde Closed Apr 15, 2026

Preflight Checklist

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  • [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

I noticed that specifically for rename tasks the AI models perform poorly. Sometimes forgetting things or copy paste things wrongly when they try to refactor naming of code properties.

Especially for strictly typed languages like golang and typescript this is solved by the IDEs. Why not expose a "tool" in claude code CLI like writeand read but call it rename.

Proposed Solution

Have very popular IDEs be incorporated here to reuse existing local functionality with Claude Code CLI.

Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio
Notepad++
IDEA Suite
Cursor

Alternative Solutions

Defining skills to crosscheck "refactoring" tasks and run tests to see if "refactoring worked" often causes issues and waste of tokens. Since every failed test run triggers an "investigation"

Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

File operations

Use Case Example

Example Scenario:
Changing API paths of several endpoints and therefore renaming the properties of constants and moving some code out of one file into another to make it to a module.

Additional Context

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