No way to easily copy or move symbols from one file to another, or from one place in a file to another

[finebalancetech]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When refactoring, a common task is to move code between modules, or between places in a module. Currently, this requires a multi step process where the body of the symbol is read, processed by the LLM, and then sent back to insert into a new location, and then to remove the old code. This is error prone, because as we all know LLMs hallucinate, especially during complex operations.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add an MCP tool to move symbol from one place to another- the exact code is copied or moved without any modifications.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Doing it by hand is slow and tedious, and relying on the LLM to copy code verbatim is energy efficient and error prone.

Additional context
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[MischaPanch]

@opcode81 we could easily add this to the Jetbrains integration, right?

[finebalancetech]

Hi @MischaPanch Thanks for the response. Do you think you could make it work in VSCode?

[MischaPanch]

Language servers don't have a reliable "move" method, and even if we built a dedicated VSC integration in the future (which we might, but not very soon), the move endpoint is not exposed to plugins there afaik

[finebalancetech]

That's too bad, as it's a major loss in refactoring, with models failing to reproduce code they try (through lots of computation) to replicate as they move code around. Our team has been getting around it by hand, but it's a pain! Thanks for the response.