Coding agents can use debuggers if they need to.

From what I've seen they're more likely to run a python -c "import your_code; your_code.do_stuff()" experiment to figure out what's going on though.

> Do you not need to use the debugger sometimes? Or can cc debug by itself

A key feature of AI coding assistants and coding agents is troubleshooting. It turns out that LLMs excel at pattern matching, specially when coupled with feedback signals. It turns out that troubleshooting represents just that. A few years ago people searched the likes of stack overflow to fix problems, and it turns out LLMs can do the equivalent of that much faster.

I have not used a debugger in anger in perhaps a decade. I write tests, and if that's not enough, I write more tests.

Tests stick around and prevent future problems, whereas the debugger only shows me something once.