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Mention speed/grep fallback in LSP lesson motivation section
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### Why does this matter for Copilot CLI?
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Without an LSP server, Copilot reads your code as text. It's smart enough to infer a lotbut it's still working from patterns in source files.
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Without an LSP server, Copilot reads your code as text. When it needs to find a symbol it falls back to grep-style text search across your files — slower, and prone to false matches (e.g. a variable named `task` appearing in comments, strings, and unrelated files). It's smart enough to infer a lot, but it's still working from patterns rather than facts.
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With an LSP server configured, Copilot can:
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