AI coding agents Claude Code and Google Jules drive new developer workflows

Developers are exploring various workflows and optimizations for using AI coding agents like Claude Code and Google Jules.

One user implemented a visual workflow improvement for Claude Code within the iTerm2 terminal. By utilizing Claude Code’s built-in hooks—specifically the ‘Notification’, ‘Stop’, and ‘UserPromptSubmit’ hooks—the user configured iTerm2 to change tab colors to red when the AI agent is idling and waiting for human input. This method uses escape sequences to provide a clear visual indicator, bypassing the perceived inefficiency of macOS notifications.

In a separate use case, Google Jules was utilized to develop and deploy a mobile application entirely through a smartphone browser. The developer used the agentic workflow to build ‘MobTracker’, a location-sharing Android app, by iterating on code and managing a CI/CD pipeline without a traditional local development environment or physical keyboard. This highlights the increasing capability of browser-based AI agents to handle full-stack development and deployment tasks from mobile devices.