10 tips for getting better R code from your AI coding agent (opens in new tab)

Most tools know less about R than languages like (LLM) the knowledge it needs to improve its R skills. Here are 10 ways to help generative AI write R code like a pro. Use a coding agent AI coding agents have more power, flexibility, and coding-focused tools than general-purpose chatbots. Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex agents have versions that run in a terminal, IDE extensions, desktop and mobile apps, and other integrations. R users may also be interested in Posit’s , which is de...