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LLMs lack a persistent stateful REPL interface for editor automation

Developers integrating LLMs into editors like Emacs must write per-task glue code because LLMs have no native way to maintain state across tool calls within a live session. This demo explores using MCP to give an LLM direct access to a stateful Emacs Lisp environment, eliminating the need for bespoke integrations for each use case. The underlying problem is the stateless, context-reset nature of most LLM tool APIs.

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