  With the development of artificial intelligence, writing assistants (WAs) are
changing the way people interact with text, creating lengthy outputs that can
be overwhelming for users. The programming field has long addressed this issue,
and Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) have been created for efficient
software development, helping programmers reduce the cognitive load. This
experience could be employed in the development of WAs. IDEs can also be used
to test assumptions about interventions that help people interact with WAs
efficiently. Previous works have successfully used self-written IDE plugins to
test hypotheses in the field of human-computer interaction. The lessons learned
can be applied to the building of WAs.
