OmniPilot is a powerful AI coding assistant for Visual Studio Code that allows you to connect any OpenAI-compatible API (Groq, OpenAI, Ollama, NVIDIA NIM, Anthropic proxies, LM Studio, vLLM, LocalAI, and more) with 100% control over your credentials and privacy.
✨ Key Features
Bring Your Own Model (BYOM): Connect Groq (Llama 3.3, Qwen 2.5), OpenAI (GPT-4o), Ollama, NVIDIA NIM, or custom local/cloud endpoints.
Dynamic Model Discovery: Click ↺ to automatically fetch all available models directly from your provider API endpoint.
JetBrains Parity: Dedicated Settings Panel UI (Tools › OmniPilot) to manage providers, API keys, active models, and feature toggles.
Full History Persistence: Chat history saved automatically across VS Code sessions with date grouping and quick restore.
Thought Process Blocks: Collapsible <think> reasoning visualization for reasoning models (DeepSeek R1, Qwen 2.5 Coder, etc.).
Inline Completions (Ghost Text): AI code completion as you type.
Agent Mode & Auto-Approve: Auto-approve file edits for agentic workflows.
MCP Integration: Connect Model Context Protocol (MCP) server endpoints for external tools.
🚀 Getting Started
Install OmniPilot from the VS Code Marketplace or from VSIX.
Open the OmniPilot sidebar from the Activity Bar (OmniPilot icon).
Click Open Settings → or the ⚙ icon in the chat header.
Click Add to create a new provider:
Name: Groq (or any provider name)
API Base URL: https://api.groq.com/openai/v1
API Key: gsk_...
Click ↺ to fetch available models, or click + to add model names manually.
Check the models you want to enable, click Save, and start chatting!
⌨️ Commands
Command
Description
OmniPilot: New Chat
Start a fresh conversation session
OmniPilot: Open Settings
Open the OmniPilot Provider & Settings Manager panel
🛡️ Privacy & Security
OmniPilot communicates directly with your configured LLM endpoints. Your API keys are saved locally in your VS Code workspace settings. No intermediate telemetry or third-party tracking.
