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CodeBlend

CodeBlend

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Insights about AI assistance in your code
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CodeBlend

CodeBlend is a Visual Studio extension designed to show how much of your code is generated with AI assistance versus manual input, helping organizations understand the overall contribution of AI to team productivity. Think of it as a “fitness tracker” for your coding workflow—it monitors activity in real time and provides insights into AI usage patterns. Organizations can easily access aggregated statistics on team coding workflows without exposing individual employee details.

Disclaimer: Attribution is heuristic and not 100% precise — treat the reported AI percentages as directional indicators, not ground truth.

Key Features

  • Real‑time per‑character attribution buckets (typed vs inline AI vs paste tiers vs IDE completion)
  • Live statistics in a dedicated CodeBlend tool window
  • Optional line visualization tools to inspect AI vs human attribution at a glance

Install

  1. Install the extension in Visual Studio: Extensions → Manage Extensions → search for CodeBlend.
  2. Open the stats window: Extensions → CodeBlend → Show Statistics.
  3. (Optional) Sign in from the CodeBlend window to enable upload.

Data Upload & Privacy

This plugin only records repository and commit metadata—no personal data is collected. Microsoft login is needed to upload data.

The limited data is uploaded solely to understand overall AI assistance usage patterns. It is not intended or suitable for individual performance evaluation, and no personal identity or prompt content is collected.


Wiki

For documentation and updates, see: https://aka.ms/codeblend


License

Licensed under the MIT license.

Change Logs

v0.3.x.x

  • Fixed authentication issue in some installations.
  • Fixed local server high memory usage issue.
  • Fixed some other small issues.

v0.2.x.x

  • Line-based tracking: Implemented granular line-level attribution tracking for improved accuracy and performance
  • Privacy consent workflow: Added comprehensive consent workflow to ensure user privacy and data handling transparency
  • RPC server architecture: Replaced HTTP server with JSON-RPC server for more compliant client-server communication
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