p for paste. use v to go into visual mode and select text you want to copy, y copies (yanks the selection)

@quieterkali this quick reference should help with some of the most useful keybindings https://practicalli.github.io/spacemacs/spacemacs-basics/vim-quick-reference.html

there are a few other pages in that section that should help

@quieterkali I recommend taking a general tutorial on vim basics, they apply to spacemac s, too.

And there is the buildin tutorial, i think it is SPC h T iirc.