Clone Copilot - Mistral AI Powered Code Completion

Clone Copilot is a VS Code extension that provides AI-powered code completions using Mistral AI's language models. It's designed to be a free alternative to GitHub Copilot, offering inline code suggestions as you type.

Features

• Inline Code Completions: Get real-time code suggestions as you type
• Multiple Model Support: Choose from different Mistral AI models including:
  • mistral-small-latest: Balanced performance and speed
  • mistral-medium-latest: More powerful completions
  • mistral-large-latest: Most powerful model for complex code
  • codestral-latest: Specialized for code completion with Fill-in-the-Middle capability
• Fill-in-the-Middle (FIM): When using codestral-latest, the extension can understand code context both before and after your cursor
• Easy Toggle: Enable or disable completions with a single click in the status bar
• Customizable: Configure the model and other settings through VS Code preferences

Requirements

• VS Code 1.60.0 or higher
• A Mistral AI API key (get one at https://console.mistral.ai/)

Installation

1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace
2. Get a Mistral AI API key from https://console.mistral.ai/
3. You can use your API key in two ways:

• Environment Variable (Recommended): Create an environment variable named MISTRAL_API_KEY and save your API key there
• VS Code Settings: Enter your API key when you enable the extension

Usage

1. After installation, click the "Clone Copilot" icon in the status bar to enable completions
2. Start typing code and see inline suggestions appear
3. Press Tab to accept a suggestion, or continue typing to ignore it

Commands

• Clone Copilot: Toggle Inline Completions: Turn completions on or off
• Clone Copilot: Enable Inline Completions: Turn completions on
• Clone Copilot: Disable Inline Completions: Turn completions off

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• cloneCopilot.enabled: Enable/disable inline completions
• cloneCopilot.mistralApiKey: Your Mistral AI API key
• cloneCopilot.model: The Mistral AI model to use for completions

Privacy

Your code is sent to Mistral AI's API for processing. Please review Mistral AI's privacy policy for details on how your data is handled.

License

Proprietary. All rights reserved.

This software is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this software, or any portion of it, may result in severe civil and criminal penalties, and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law.

Credits

This extension uses the Mistral AI API to provide code completions.

Feedback

Feedback is welcome! Please open an issue on our GitHub repository or contact us through email for any questions or suggestions.

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