diff --git a/aider/website/docs/usage/copypaste.md b/aider/website/docs/usage/copypaste.md index 5a0b84dc0..bc3d4b15e 100644 --- a/aider/website/docs/usage/copypaste.md +++ b/aider/website/docs/usage/copypaste.md @@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ Depending on the LLM you have aider use, it will be either `editor-whole` or `ed ## Terms of service -Be sure your LLM web chat provider allows you to copy and paste code according to their terms of service. -This feature has been designed to be compliant with the +Be sure to review the Terms Of Service (TOS) of any LLM web chat service you use with +these features. +Be sure your LLM web chat provider allows you to manually paste code into their web user +interface and manually copy LLM replies to use with other software on your computer. + +Aider's web chat features have been designed to be compliant with the terms of service (TOS) of most LLM web chats. There are 4 copy/paste steps involved when coding with an LLM web chat: @@ -104,6 +108,14 @@ There are 4 copy/paste steps involved when coding with an LLM web chat: 4. Paste the LLM reply into aider. Most LLM web chat TOS prohibit automating steps (2) and (3) where code -is copied/pasted in the web chat. -Aider's copy/paste mode leaves those as 100% manual steps for the user to complete, -but streamlines steps (1) and (4) which are should not be related to any LLM web chat TOS. +is copied from and pasted into the web chat. +Aider's `--copy-paste` mode leaves those as 100% manual steps for the user to complete. +It simply streamlines steps (1) and (4) that are interactions with aider, +and which should not be under the scope of an LLM web chat TOS. + +If you have concerns that +the automatic interactions with aider in steps (1) and (4) may be problematic with respect to +your LLM web chat provider's TOS, you can forego `--copy-paste` mode, and manually use +`/copy-context` and `/paste`. + +These features are not intended to be used in violation of any service's Terms Of Use.