Claude with MCPs Replaced Cursor & Windsurf — How Did That Happen?

I didn't expect this, but I stopped using Windsurf and Cursor. 🤯 In December, I was using Windsurf daily. But by January and February, my usage dropped significantly. Why? Claude with MCPs happened. MCPs (Model Context Protocol) give Claude access to tools that go far beyond just coding: ✅ Codebase exploration & diagram generation ✅ Running long-running processes like video encoding ✅ Multi-file & diff-based code editing ✅ Migrating code between projects & frameworks I even built my own MCP—ClaudeComputerCommander—that lets Claude: ⚡ Explore, read, write, and edit files ⚡ Run and manage terminal commands ⚡ Work across multiple repositories at the same time ⚡ Execute and monitor background processes And guess what? My usage of Claude skyrocketed. 5x more chats than before! In this video, I show: 🔹 How to install ClaudeComputerCommander in one command using Smithery 🔹 How to use Claude to explore codebases and generate diagrams 🔹 How to use MCPs for video encoding & automation 🔹 A comparison with Windsurf—where Claude outperforms it in real-world tasks 🔗 Links & Resources 📖 Read the full blog post: ➡️ https://medium.com/@wonderwhy-er/claude-with-mcps-replaced-cursor-windsurf-how-did-that-happen-c1d1e2795e96 💻 Try the MCP yourself (GitHub): ➡️ https://github.com/wonderwhy-er/ClaudeComputerCommander 🎨 Try the Gesture-Based Drawing App (Built with Claude & MCPs!): ➡️ https://wonderwhy-er.github.io/camera-geasture-drawing/ 🚀 Install MCPs with One Command Requires Node.js & Claude Desktop npx -y @smithery/cli@latest inspect @wonderwhy-er/desktop-commander 📌 Table of Contents: 00:00 - Introduction: Switching from Windsurf to Claude with MCPs 00:38 - I built my own MCP 01:44 - My Windsurf usage dropped, while Claude use shot up by 5x 02:33 - Setting up MCP on your machine with one line 04:30 - Codebase exploration and Diagram drawing 10:11 - Can Windsurf do this too? 14:54 - Example of Windsurf friction 16:14 - Video encoding example with Claude/MCP 20:55 - Code migration between projects example 23:21 - Creating WebCam hand gesture drawing web app demo 25:25 - Clade opens webapp in Chrome 28:05 - Claude edits projects and refreshes the browser! :D 28:22 - Block editing instead of full rewrite 35:14 - Final app with drawing and erasing 35:35 - Publishing to GitHub 38:25 - Conclusions summary 39:39 - One Good Cursor Workflow that still wins over MCPs 40:19 - More MCP videos coming: better code search 40:49 - Comparison with Claude Code coming 41:29 - Use of MCPs with any LLM coming soon! #ClaudeAI #MCPs #Cursor #Windsurf #AI #Automation #ClaudeComputerCommander #AItools #CodeAutomation #LLMs