The codebase is large, or you have files with thousands of lines of code? Because there’s a big difference. AI agents are perfectly able to work with large codebases, but they do have problems with large files (which usually are a sign of terrible code).
The same is true of most software built by humans, and AI is able to refactor, if you ask it to.
Not in my experience.
Skill issue :shrug:
Context issue.
My code base is so large the agent collapses mid way over these kinds of tasks.
The codebase is large, or you have files with thousands of lines of code? Because there’s a big difference. AI agents are perfectly able to work with large codebases, but they do have problems with large files (which usually are a sign of terrible code).