[pteetor]

Somehow, I assumed that a Cursor-like capability for RStudio would be implemented as an add-in extension, not via fork. Does this mean that every new release of RStudio will require a rebuild by Lotas and a re-download by its users?

[jorgeoguerra]

There's a lot of that had to be changed at a pretty deep level to build this assistant. So an add-on wasn't really feasible.

[behnamoh]

This tactic is usually used to attract VC money down the road. VCs don't typically invest in plugins/add-ons; they prefer products.