Using "Clade Code" with Delphi

[Javier Tarí 23]

Anyone else using the Claude Code software to program in Delphi?

I'm not asking about using AI to ask stuff about Delphi (not Claude, not ChatGPT, not Gemini)

 

If you are using Clade Code, please share anything useful for you on the topic

 

My two cents:

• I'm using with it the Context7 MCP server, which is helpful
• I've made a "compile" bash command that takes care of compilation
• I've finally made an agent that uses the command, and returns the result (It helps keeping the context cleaner):
  • Compilation Sucessful
  • Compilation Sucessful but there are warnings that you MUST fix (and the list of warnings)
  • Compilation Error (and the list of the errors)

 

I'm trying to use DelphiLSP.exe through a MCP server, but with low success

[Des101 0]

I've been using it with C++Builder for some time and love it. 

 

I'm on the max £150 plan and only use the Opus model. 

 

I haven't got around to setting up automatic compilation, but it's no big deal, I have CC running on WSL1/Debian so it's simple enough to just paste in any compilation errors, let CC fix them and just click to compile again.

 

(actually my biggest bugbear is probably the cutting and pasting in the terminal, despite what it says, it won't use cntrl-c/v and I have to paste via the menu, I probably need to use a different terminal).

 

Overall, I'm astonished at how well it understands my requests and is able to give me what I need. The results are rarely perfect, but I'm fine with that, the fact that it can get something to 80% complete by itself is good enough for me.

 

I think the main trick to using it is to work out when it's probably reached its limits on a particular task, and rather than just keep asking it to fix things, realise it's time to jump in and do the rest yourself. 

 

Des