Nova AI for Visual Studio Code

Use Nova AI models directly in the Visual Studio Code Chat experience.

Nova AI connects VS Code to the Nova model catalog, stores your API key in VS Code Secret Storage, and lets you use available Nova chat models from the editor.

Requirements

Visual Studio Code with Chat support
A Nova AI API key

Need access or setup details? See the Nova AI documentation.

Getting Started

Install the Nova AI extension.
Open the Nova AI view from the Activity Bar.
Select Get Started.
Enter your Nova AI API key.
Open VS Code Chat and choose a Nova model.

After connecting, Nova AI confirms the extension is ready.

Using Nova AI

Open the Nova AI sidebar to manage your connection and models:

Action	Description
Open Chat	Opens the VS Code Chat view
Refresh Models	Reloads the available Nova model list
Settings	Opens Nova AI extension settings
Sign Out	Removes the stored API key from VS Code Secret Storage

Commands available from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):

Nova AI: Manage Account
Nova AI: Sign In
Nova AI: Sign Out
Nova AI: Refresh Models
Nova AI: Open Chat
Nova AI: Open Settings

Settings

Setting	Description
`nova.enableDiagnostics`	Enable verbose diagnostics logging in the output panel
`nova.developer.parseModelCapabilities`	Parse Nova AI model capabilities into VS Code native flags (tool calling, image input)

Privacy & Security

Your API key is stored using VS Code Secret Storage — it is never written to workspace files or extension settings.

AI can make mistakes. Review important output before relying on it.

For contributing and development details, see docs/DEVELOPMENT.md.

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