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The BIA extension for Visual Studio Code integrates an AI-powered assistant via Ollama into your development environment, allowing you to interact with AI models to generate responses based on your inputs.
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BIA - Visual Studio Code Extension

The BIA extension for Visual Studio Code integrates an AI-powered assistant via Ollama (codellama must be installed) into your development environment, allowing you to interact with AI models to generate responses based on your inputs.

Features

  • Interactive Assistant: Communicate with an AI-powered assistant directly within Visual Studio Code.
  • Code Support: Get responses with or without accompanying code snippets.
  • Easy Access: Trigger the assistant with a simple keyboard shortcut or through the command palette.

Usage

To activate the BIA assistant, use the provided keyboard shortcut or open the command palette and select "Open input dialogue with code".

Requirements

  • Visual Studio Code: Version 1.60.0 or higher

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • bia.askWithCode: Open input dialogue with code

Keybindings

  • Ctrl+Shift+W (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+W (Mac) to open chat
  • Ctrl+Shift+D (Windows/Linux) or Cmd+Shift+D (Mac) to ask for a code part

Known Issues

  • None

Release Notes

0.0.6

  • Added a command to ask code parts

0.0.5

  • Removed debug line (sorry)

0.0.4

  • Improved response speed, and stability.
  • Improved UI/UX of the assistant panel.

0.0.3

  • Added support for code snippets in responses.
  • Improved UI/UX of the assistant panel.

0.0.2

  • Fixed minor bugs related to message handling.

0.0.1

  • Initial release of BIA extension.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Sajjad Hussain for contributing to the design of this extension.

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