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DeepWiki

DeepWiki

Guilherme Ceschiatti B. Moreira

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Interactive Code Encyclopedia & Symbol Documentation for VS Code
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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DeepWiki for VS Code

An interactive, AI-powered codebase encyclopedia for standard VS Code, extracted and adapted from Devin Desktop / Windsurf.

DeepWiki

Features

  • Interactive Symbol Articles: Generate comprehensive architectural articles for any function, class, interface, method, or module.
  • Enhanced Code Blocks: File header with jump-to-source links, line citations (#line), one-click code copy, and collapsible code sections for long blocks.
  • Deep Exploration Chips: Real-time follow-up question bubbles at the bottom of each article to dig deeper into edge cases, invariants, and dependencies.
  • Pluggable AI Backends:
    • Ollama (Default - private, local, zero-config: llama3.2, codellama, deepseek-coder, etc.)
    • OpenAI / Compatible (OpenAI, DeepSeek, Groq, local vLLM/LMStudio)
    • Anthropic (Claude 3.5 Sonnet)
    • Google Gemini (Gemini 2.0 Flash)
    • Devin Local Bridge (Connects directly to Devin Desktop language server if running)
  • Navigation History: Back and forward browsing across explored symbols.

How to Use

  1. Click on any function, class, or variable in your editor.
  2. Press Cmd+Shift+D (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows / Linux).
  3. Alternatively, right-click the symbol and choose "Open Symbol in DeepWiki".
  4. The DeepWiki sidebar will open, stream the documentation article, and render interactive follow-up questions.

Configuration

In VS Code Settings (Ctrl+, or Cmd+,), search for DeepWiki:

  • deepwiki.outputLanguage: Output language for articles, follow-up questions, and interface text (en for English, pt-BR for Brazilian Portuguese).
  • deepwiki.provider: Select your preferred AI backend (auto, ollama, openai, anthropic, gemini, devin_bridge).
  • deepwiki.model: Model name (default: llama3.2).
  • deepwiki.apiKey: API Key (required for cloud providers).
  • deepwiki.apiBaseUrl: Custom API Base URL (defaults to http://localhost:11434 for Ollama).
  • deepwiki.followupAction: Action when clicking a follow-up chip (inline, hermes, deepwiki, clipboard).
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