Pattern: Browser-Native Agents Emerge as Distinct Category from IDE-Native and Terminal-Native Tools

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Stagewise's pivot from toolbar to full developer browser, combined with Cloudflare VibeSDK's browser-based app generation and Google Stitch's sketch-to-HTML pipeline, marks the emergence of browser-native AI agents as a third category alongside IDE-native (Cursor, Copilot) and terminal-native (Claude Code, Codex CLI) tools. The thesis: web development is best assisted where the output lives — in the browser, with DOM access, console visibility, and visual debugging. Stagewise's YC backing and 6.6K stars in two weeks suggest this resonates.