FAQ: Five Myths About the Agent's Copy of Your Repo

Description and use

<p>Which clone did the agent actually edit tonight?<br> I ask this every time a free box looks helpful.<br> My laptop has a repo, and the box has another.</p> <p>The model has a third thing: a prompt window.<br> Those three are not the same machine.<br> They do not share memory, disk, or git index.</p> <p>Yet most of us talk like they do.<br> That habit ships empty commits and missing lockfiles.<br> It also drops secrets into the wrong process.</p> <h2> Why this FAQ exists </h2> <p>Free models made agent loops cheap to start.<br> Free servers made those loops leave the laptop.<br> That split c

Problem

<p>Which clone did the agent actually edit tonight?<br> I ask this every time a free box looks helpful.<br> My laptop has a repo, and the box has another.</p> <p>The model has a third thing: a prompt window.<br> Those three are not the same machine.<br> They do not share memory, disk, or git index.</p> <p>Yet most of us talk like they do.<br> That habit ships empty commits and missing lockfiles.<br> It also drops secrets into the wrong process.</p> <h2> Why this FAQ exists </h2> <p>Free models made agent loops cheap to start.<br> Free servers made those loops leave the laptop.<br> That split c

Outcome

<p>Which clone did the agent actually edit tonight?<br> I ask this every time a free box looks helpful.<br> My laptop has a repo, and the box has another.</p> <p>The model has a third thing: a prompt window.<br> Those three are not the same machine.<br> They do not share memory, disk, or git index.</p> <p>Yet most of us talk like they do.<br> That habit ships empty commits and missing lockfiles.<br> It also drops secrets into the wrong process.</p> <h2> Why this FAQ exists </h2> <p>Free models made agent loops cheap to start.<br> Free servers made those loops leave the laptop.<br> That split c

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FAQ: Five Myths About the Agent's Copy of Your Repo

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