Agent and IDE setup¶

Belico Stack is model-agnostic. This guide covers setup for each tested IDE/model combination. The stack behaves identically across all of them — only the entry point each IDE reads on open changes.

Quick decision: which IDE/model?¶

Scenario	Recommendation
Professional production (24+ papers/year)	Claude Code + Claude Opus
$0 budget	Local Qwen (Ollama) + Cline
Maximum privacy	Local Qwen + Cline
Cheap fast API	Qwen3-Max + Aider
Parallel multi-model	OpenCode
Google stack	Antigravity + Gemini

Setup per IDE¶

Claude Code (primary)¶

cd my-paper
claude
# Reads CLAUDE.md automatically

Engram MCP in ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engram": {"command": "engram", "args": ["mcp"]}
  }
}

Google Antigravity + Gemini¶

Open the project in Antigravity.
It detects GEMINI.md automatically.
Configure Engram MCP in settings (same as Claude Code).

Qwen Code CLI¶

npm install -g @qwenlm/qwen-code
export DASHSCOPE_API_KEY=your_key
cd my-paper
qwen   # Reads QWEN.md automatically

Aider (CLI, multi-model)¶

pip install aider-chat
aider --model claude-opus-4-6   # or qwen3-max, gpt-4o

Aider reads AGENTS_GENERIC.md as context. Tell it: "Read CLAUDE.md and apply all its rules."

Cursor / Windsurf / OpenCode¶

Native. They open the project and read CLAUDE.md automatically. They support Claude and GPT-4o. OpenCode lets you switch model per task.

Comparison by task¶

Stack task	Claude Opus	Gemini	Qwen3-Max	Local Qwen-Coder
Orchestration	Excellent	Good	Good	Fair
Sub-agent delegation	Excellent	Good	Good	Fair
Code generation	Excellent	Good	Good	Excellent
VERITAS verification	Excellent	Good	Good	Fair
Cost	$$$	$$	$	Free
Privacy	Cloud	Cloud	Cloud	100% Local

Multi-IDE troubleshooting¶

The agent can't find the stack

Make sure CLAUDE.md / QWEN.md / GEMINI.md is at the repo root. For unlisted IDEs, point them to AGENTS_GENERIC.md.

Engram does not respond

Run engram status in a terminal. Check the MCP config in ~/.{claude,qwen,gemini}/settings.json. One DB only: ~/.engram/engram.db (NEVER set ENGRAM_DATA_DIR).

The model ignores Belico.md rules

NO model reads Belico.md automatically. CLAUDE.md instructs the agent to load it via sub-agent/Engram. Verify the correct entry point is loaded.