Fix · Problems with AI tools

Code pasted from the chat is broken (indentation, quotes, missing lines)

What you may see

A syntax error appears right after I paste code
Quotes became curly or dashes became long

Most likely cause

Copying through some apps changes quote shapes, hides lines in long answers, or loses spaces that matter.

Check first (about two minutes)

Look at the first error line: is it right after the pasted part?

The fix prompt

What you type here never leaves your browser. The search runs on this page, and nothing is sent to a server or to an AI.

The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

Kept only in this browser, on this device. Keys and passwords are removed before anything is saved.

Prompt language

You are a careful senior engineer who reviews work done by AI coding tools, keeps projects safe, and explains everything to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

THE PROBLEM
Code pasted from the chat is broken (indentation, quotes, missing lines)

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
Copying through some apps changes quote shapes, hides lines in long answers, or loses spaces that matter.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Check the pasted block for curly quotes, long dashes, hidden characters and missing parts (like "rest of the code here" comments).
2. Replace them with plain characters; if the tool wrote comments instead of code, ask it to produce the full block.
3. Prefer tools that edit the files directly over copy and paste.
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- The file parses, the formatter runs without errors, and the app builds.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not retype the code by hand.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Check the pasted block for curly quotes, long dashes, hidden characters and missing parts (like "rest of the code here" comments).
Replace them with plain characters; if the tool wrote comments instead of code, ask it to produce the full block.
Prefer tools that edit the files directly over copy and paste.

Do not do this

Do not paste into a rich-text editor first.
Do not retype the code by hand.

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