What counts as a template in VS code?

Problems and Contests
#1

I wasn’t sure what the best IDE for usaco was, so I used VS code for c++. The issue is with cin/cout you need to type in the inputs, which would slow you down alot. So I created input and output files with this template.:

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;

void fileStuff(bool useFile) {
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(nullptr);

if (useFile) {
    freopen("marathon.in", "r", stdin);
    freopen("marathon.out", "w", stdout);
}

}

int main() {
fileStuff(true);

return 0;

}

Is this allowed? Because, if this counts as a template does the code that ide.usaco give you also count:// Source: Input & Output · USACO Guide

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

int main() {
int a, b, c; cin >> a >> b >> c;
cout << "The sum of these three numbers is " << a + b + c << “\n”;
}

The only code here is for input/output. Nothing related to solving the problem.

#2

I think it’s fine given how short it is and is only basic functionality for I/O.