It's really nice that the integrated nature means that, with no extra work on my part, the agent can see exactly what I'm seeing including the active file and linter errors. And all the model interaction is unified. I point them to specific files in the same way, they all have access to the same global rules (including team-global rules), documentation is supplied consistently, and I can seamlessly switch between models in the same conversation.
That has been my experience as well. When I am prompting an agent it is using my open tabs first. When changes are made I get green and red lines and quickly can digest the difference. I don’t want it going off building a big feature form start to finish. I want to maybe use an AI to map out a plan but then go through each logical step of the implementation. I can quickly review changes and at least for me have the context of what’s happening.