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Sherpa Coder

Sherpa Coder

Sherpa Coder

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Sherpa Coder is a VSCode extension that helps you code faster and more efficiently.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Sherpa Coder - VS Code Extension

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🚀 Welcome to the Sherpa Coder extension for Visual Studio Code! ✨ This extension is designed to enhance your coding experience by integrating OpenAI assistants directly into your VS Code environment. 🤖

Getting Started

1. Create Your Account

To begin using Sherpa Coder, you'll need to create an account. Simply provide an alias for your account name and enter your OpenAI API Key. All information is stored locally on your machine - there are no external servers involved, only direct communication with the OpenAI API. This will enable you to access all the powerful features of the extension.

Creating Account

2. Select Your Account

Once your account is set up, choose it from the accounts list to start using the extension.

Choosing Account

3. Wait for your account to load

We will stablish connection to OpenAI using the provided API Key.

Choosing Account

4. Access the Chat Interface

Navigate to the chat tab to initiate a new conversation with the AI assistant.

Creating Conversation

5. Give your conversation a name

Give your conversation a meaningful name to help you organize and track your interactions.

Naming Conversation

6. Explore the chat dialog

You will see the chat dialog of your new conversation

Naming Conversation

7. Customize Your Experience

Click on settings to choose your preferred AI model and assistant for each message, tailoring the interaction to your specific needs.

Model Selection

Assistant Selection

8. Write your first message

First message

9. Your assistant answer will be streamed

Assistant answers

10. Enhance with File Attachments

Take advantage of the powerful file attachment feature:

  • Attach files directly from your workspace
  • Generate and attach a markdown file containing your entire workspace's source code
  • Provide context-rich information to the AI assistant

File Attachments

You can also attach the full source code of the current workspace. For this we will create a markdown file containing your source code. We will omit the files from gitignore and binary files that you might have in your workspace.

Code Base Attachment

Important Notes

File Search Capability

To utilize the attachments feature effectively, ensure that your OpenAI assistants have the "search in files" feature activated in their assistant settings.

Activating File Search Functionality

Files Retention Policy

Files stored in threads are subject to OpenAI API's default retention policy. For more information, please refer to the OpenAI documentation

Contributing

This is an open source project and contributions are welcome! If you'd like to contribute, feel free to submit a pull request or open an issue.

Support the Project

If you find this extension helpful, you can support its development by buying me a coffee:

Buy Me A Coffee

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