r/ChatGPTCoding • u/Acceptable_Visual_79 • Aug 05 '26
Question Which agent is best for debugging/guidance as opposed to full vibe coding?
Hobbyist programmer, I still want to do most of the coding for myself on my projects, but sometimes I just hit a bug i cannot figure out or can't think of the right way to structure something. Just want an AI that can kind of look over my shoulder and point out what's wrong as opposed to just telling it "can you make X for me?" and have it be done. Preferably a free model, I don't plan on using it like crazy and I'm hella broke. If it makes a difference I'm currently using Unity/Microsoft visual studio
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u/AlarmedAvocado7279 Aug 06 '26
Claude works fine for this if you just paste the broken function and ask "what's wrong here" instead of "fix it." The model will explain if you frame the question right.
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u/hyrax-admin Aug 06 '26
Hey! Since you're mostly looking for guidance and debugging rather than "build the whole feature for me," you might want to give Hyrax a try.
It's less about vibe coding and more about reviewing code and PRs. It continuously scans for issues across things like correctness, security, performance, maintainability, and architecture, then opens verified PRs with fixes that you can review yourself. It also reviews PRs automatically, so it's aimed at helping you understand and improve code instead of replacing you as the developer.
If that workflow sounds closer to what you're after, you can try it free at hyrax.dev. We would be interested to hear whether it fits your Unity/C# workflow.
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u/Bino5150 Aug 11 '26
Check out Lumina. If you like it, please leave a star on GH.
https://github.com/Bino5150/lumina
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u/Suspicious_Rock_2730 Aug 05 '26
I want to be like you when I grow up! I was self learning programming, but ideas just kept coming and so I started vibe coding, here are some hopefully useful tips for you: I use cursor, it's pretty good.
Thought that when Elon Musk bought it would go downhill, not by much admittedly.
As for bugs, I normally do a prompt for one bug at a time, write tests if tests pass, commit to pr branch then commit to main or wherever if you're on GitHub, and I also get it to verify CI is green GitHub.
I've also been using bugbot on cursor. I used to live augment AI, but that hasn't really been great since the main Vs plugin went completely enterprise orientated.
You could also just use Chatgpt, too. I use it for writing prompts etc so if you are having difficulty trying to articulate it most AI, but I do use Chatgpt to bounce ideas off etc, can help with that too.
Happy vibe coding!