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Claude Code vs. Cursor vs. n8n — plain English, which does what

Claude Code, Cursor, n8n. Which one do I use? Trick question — they're on different layers.

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What you'll walk away with

A scene-by-scene walkthrough of every beat in the video. Plain English. Real numbers. Real workflow.

The walkthrough

  1. Claude Code, Cursor, n8n. Which one do I use?
  2. Trick question. They live on different layers.
  3. Claude Code is your terminal agent.
  4. Give it a task. It runs. No babysitting.
  5. Use it for: refactors. Long jobs. Anything that runs while you eat lunch.
  6. Cursor is your IDE. Human in the loop.
  7. You write. AI suggests. You accept or reject. Real-time.
  8. Use it for: writing new code. Designing. Debugging line-by-line.
  9. n8n is your orchestration layer.
  10. Webhooks. Triggers. Automations that run when you're asleep.
  11. Use it for: anything that involves more than one app talking to another.
  12. They work TOGETHER. Not against each other.
  13. Code in Cursor. Run jobs in Claude Code. Tie it all to triggers in n8n.
  14. Total: $20 to $40 a month. Self-host n8n and it's $20.
  15. Or pay $200/mo for one tool that does all three poorly.
  16. Pick the right tool for the right layer. That's the rule.
  17. All three read from the same CLAUDE.md. Same context. Different layer.
  18. None of these compete. Adding a fourth subscription on top is what hurts.
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