MPLAB® AI Coding Assistant

The MPLAB® AI Coding Assistant is a free, customized version of the Continue extension from Visual Studio Code Marketplace, one of the leading open-source AI code assistant on the market today. Tailored specifically for users developing Microchip products, this free tool facilitates the development of Microchip-specific features, new slash commands, shortcuts and common use cases. With the MPLAB® AI Coding Assistant, you will be interacting with a Microchip-trained virtual assistant chatbot that will answer your Microchip-specific product coding questions. MPLAB® AI Coding Assistant is continuously updated with Microchip-specific information, allowing you to:

• Develop and edit Microchip product-specific code seamlessly and with fewer hallucinations than publicly available AI tools
• Access Microchip data sheets without leaving the editor
• Take advantage of the Autocomplete feature, which provides suggestions as users type their code
• Generate, review, explain and comment on code
• Automate mundane tasks such as commenting code
• Enhance productivity for product development

You can do all this without leaving the editor since the chatbot sits in the sidebar once installed. Enhance your coding experience today with our new MPLAB® AI Coding Assistant.

Keep in mind that with the MPLAB AI Coding Assistant, you are interacting with an artificial-intelligence-powered tool. Its output is AI-generated and may not always be accurate or suitable for your requirements or needs. You are responsible for reviewing and verifying the output (e.g., code) for accuracy, completeness, and usefulness before using it. You bear all risks associated with your use of the MPLAB AI Coding Assistant and its output, which is provided "AS IS" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.

By using the MPLAB AI Coding Assistant, you accept its capabilities and limitations and take responsibility for verifying the accuracy and suitability of its output.

Microchip may monitor, record, and store chat conversations for compliance with the terms of use and compliance with applicable law. Microchip does not use your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs) to train, retrain, or improve Microchip AI models.

To help you get started, you may also want to check out the Developer Help docs found at: https://developerhelp.microchip.com/xwiki/bin/view/software-tools/ides/extensions/ai-coding-assistant/.

🛠️ Dev Tool Bits

Check out the Dev Tool Bits for a quick overview of the MPLAB AI Coding Assistant.

⚡️ Chat

Chat makes it easy to ask the Microchip-trained chatbot for help without needing to leave the IDE.

🤖 Autocomplete

Autocomplete offers real-time code suggestions while you type.

📝 Edit

Edit is a convenient way to modify code, generate code, review code, explain code, comment code, and much more, all without the editor.

👩‍💻 Slash Commands

Slash commands are a also convenient way to run code, generate code, review code, explain code, comment code, and much more.

📋 Datasheet Queries

Access Microchip datasheets directly within the editor using @datasheet, giving you instant reference to all Microchip device specifications without needing to leave the workspace. Review peripheral descriptions, register bit names, and block diagrams.

🐞 Feedback and issue reporting

For feedback and suggestions, please submit them here at https://mplabfeedback.microchip.com/

📜 License Information

The MPLAB® Extensions for Visual Studio Code are distributed under a non-exclusive software license agreement provided by Microchip Technology Inc. To review the complete terms and conditions governing the use of this software, please consult the "license" file included with this package.

Thank you to Continue.dev and the Open Source community for making this possible.

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