The Copy-Paste Trap
❌ What Many Do
- Copy code from editor
- Paste into ChatGPT / Copilot web
- Copy answer
- Paste back into editor
- Repeat...
✅ The Right Way
- Agent lives in your editor / terminal
- Has access to your codebase
- Sees your errors, your tests
- Iterates with you in place
- Retains context across turns
If you're copy-pasting, you're doing the agent's job for it