AskMe AI Gateway

A VS Code extension that connects to the AskMe AI Gateway — chat with GPT, Claude, and Gemini, with agentic coding tools, multi-chat, skills, and file attachments.

v0.8.0

Getting Started

Open — press Ctrl+Alt+A (Mac: Cmd+Alt+A), or click the AskMe icon in the sidebar.
Sign in — enter your workspace domain, then either:
- Email + Password — enter your email and password, then Sign in.
- SSO — click Sign in with browser, authorize in the browser, and you're redirected back automatically.
Your tokens are stored securely in the OS keychain and refresh automatically.

Features

Chat

Stream responses from GPT, Claude, and Gemini through one gateway.
Multi-chat — keep and switch between conversations.
Compact — summarize a long conversation (/compact or the auto-suggest banner) to cut token usage on long chats.
Credit usage shown in the header.

Attachments

Images — paste, drag, or click 🖼 (up to 4 images, ≤ 4 MB each) for vision input.
Documents, code & text — click 📄 or drag in files (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, .txt, .md, .csv, .json, source code, …). The gateway extracts their text so the model can read them.
@-mention workspace files, or attach the current editor file.

Agentic Tools

The AI can use these tools automatically to explore and edit your workspace:

Tool	Purpose
`read_file`, `list_directory`, `search_files`	Read and search the workspace
`write_file`, `edit_file`, `delete_file`	Create and modify files
`run_command`	Run tests, builds, installs, and dev servers (long-running servers open in a real VS Code terminal)

Modes

Switch modes from the dropdown next to the Send button:

Mode	Behavior
Ask (default)	Confirm every write, edit, delete, and command
Auto-edit	Auto-apply edits; still confirm deletes and commands
Plan	Read-only — the AI proposes a plan as text
Saver	Compact responses to reduce output tokens 60–75%
Full-Auto ⚠️	Run all tools without asking, plus a build-test-fix loop (sandbox only)

Skills (Slash Commands)

Type / in the input to open the skill picker (or type to search). Skills are grouped under AskMe Skill, with built-ins like /explain, /refactor, /review, /debug, /add-test, and more. Add your own in .askme/skills/<name>.md in your workspace.

Inline Completion

Optional Copilot-style ghost-text completion. Enable with askme.inlineCompletion.enabled — accept with Tab, dismiss with Esc.

Settings

Open Ctrl+, and search askme:

Setting	Default	Description
`askme.defaultModelId`	(empty)	Default model — empty uses the first available
`askme.editMode`	`ask`	Default mode
`askme.effort`	`medium`	Reasoning effort: low / medium / high / extra-high
`askme.inlineCompletion.enabled`	`false`	Enable ghost-text completion
`askme.verboseLogging`	`false`	Debug logging in the "AskMe AI" output channel

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl+Alt+A` / `Cmd+Alt+A`	Open AskMe panel
`Ctrl+Alt+I` / `Cmd+Alt+I`	Focus chat input
`Ctrl+Alt+N` / `Cmd+Alt+N`	New chat
`Enter` / `Shift+Enter`	Send / new line
`Esc`	Stop streaming
`/` · `@`	Skill picker · file mention

Credits & License

Bundles third-party skill packs (MIT) from mattpocock/skills, BigDataAgency/bda-ai-dev-standard, kerlos/pordee, and JuliusBrussee/caveman. See docs/BUNDLED_SKILLS.md for full attribution.