Code Assist

What is Code Assist

Code Assist is an AI-driven chatbot designed for coding assistance in JetBrains IDEs and Visual Studio Code, leveraging GPT-4. It allows users to interact naturally, read and write code directly within the editor, and perform code-related actions. While it offers significant capabilities, such as understanding the code's context across files and implementing features, it has known bugs and requires developer oversight to correct mistakes.

Key Features of Code Assist

• Natural Language Interface: Communicate with CodeAssist just like you would with a human.
• Code Manipulation: Directly access and modify the code within your editor.
• GPT-4 Powered: Utilizes the advanced capabilities of GPT-4.
• Action Execution: Performs tasks such as opening files to assist you in your workflow.
• Feature Implementation: Helps implement entire features in an application with developer oversight.
• Context Awareness: Generates code with an understanding of other files and parts of the ongoing project.
• Long-Term Memory: Remembers context during a session, but resets when the IDE is closed.
• Multi-Language Support: Compatible with all popular programming languages.
• Early Stage Limitations: May contain bugs and require developer fixes, such as incorrect indentation.
• Interface Issue: Known bug where message history can disappear in Visual Studio Code under certain conditions.
• Direct Integration: Unlike ChatGPT, CodeAssist can read and write code directly in your editor.
• Action-Oriented: Can perform file searches and other actions as part of its assistance.
• Similar Interface: Both CodeAssist and ChatGPT offer a natural, human-like chatbot interface.
• Complimentary Features: CodeAssist and Github Copilot both generate code completions with context from other files.
• Non-Intrusive Suggestions: CodeAssist completes code upon request without suggesting changes like Copilot.