Dell Blueprint Assist

The Blueprint Assist is an extension for VScode IDE. Some of its features are:

• static code suggestion
• code completion from LLM
• linting

Installation

Prerequisites

In order to install the vscode extension, you need four pre-requisites:

• VScode 1.91, higher.

In order to use the vscode extension, you will need:

• A Dell account.

Usage

After installation, you will see the Blueprint Assist icon on the VScode side bar.

Click on the icon. You should see a button to login. After you approve to follow the link outside of VScode, you will go to a Dell sign in page.

Sign in with your Dell username and password or SSO. Then the sign in will return you to VScode and Blueprint Assist.

You should notice that the login button has been replaced by a create button.

Login

You can logout and log back in by running ctrl-shift-P and finding "Login to Blueprint Assist" and "Logout of Blueprint Assist" commands.

Editing Blueprints

You can immediately begin editing any blueprint that you have.

You can also open an empty file.

You can also click on the create button to start editing a new blueprint from a stub.

You can edit the default stub with the setting dspService.userPreferences.blueprint.template.

Static Code Suggestion

Static code suggestion is always on. You can check available suggestions by running crtl-spacebar.

Linting

Linting requires login, look above about how to login.

Using Code Completion

Code Completion from our generative AI solution is turned off by default, you can enable by running ctrl-shift-M.

Connectivity

NOTE: When you are editing a blueprint, you should see a "Blueprint" button in the footer tab. This will report the connection to the linting service and the code completion service.

Troubleshooting

Go to the extensions page and look at the Blueprint Assist Extension.

Under "Runtime Status", you should be able to see if any errors have been detected.

If you open the extension settings, you should see the following options:

• dspService.linting.log.verbose: This enables you to view your linting logs.
• dspService.codeCompletion.log.verbose: This enables you to view your code completion logs.
• dsp.log.level: This determines how much logs will be printed.
• dsp.trace.server: This determines if stack traces will be printed.

These logging streams are turned off by default, because every new log message activates the logging pane.