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AI Buddy

AI Buddy

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A VS Code extension that integrates AI capabilities to enhance the development workflow with AI-powered tools.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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AI Buddy

AI Buddy is a Visual Studio Code extension that leverages AI to enhance your coding and Git workflow. It provides smart, context-aware suggestions for improving selected code, generating and refining Git commit messages, and answering questions about your code.

Features

  • Modify Git Commit Message: Use the command AI Buddy: Modify the Git Commit Message to get AI-powered suggestions and edits for your commit messages.
  • Improve Selected Code: Select a block of code in your editor and use AI Buddy: Improve Selected Code from the Command Palette or right-click context menu to get AI-powered suggestions for refactoring or optimizing it.
  • Ask a Question About Selected Code: Select a block of code and use AI Buddy: Ask a Question About Selected Code from the Command Palette or right-click context menu to ask AI a question specifically about that code.
  • Settings: Access AI Buddy settings via AI Buddy: Settings to configure your AI models and preferences.

Usage

Commands

  1. Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS).
  2. Type and select one of the following commands:
    • AI Buddy: Settings: To open the extension settings.
    • AI Buddy: Modify the Git Commit Message: To get AI-powered suggestions for your commit message.
    • AI Buddy: Improve Selected Code: To get AI-powered suggestions for refactoring or optimizing selected code.
    • AI Buddy: Ask a Question About Selected Code: To ask AI a question about selected code.

Editor Context Menu

When you have text selected in the editor, right-click to access these options:

  • AI Buddy: Improve Selected Code: Improve the selected code with AI suggestions.
  • AI Buddy: Ask a Question About Selected Code: Ask a question about the selected code using AI.

Commands

Command Description
ai-buddy.settings Open AI Buddy extension settings
ai-buddy.commit Modify the Git commit message using AI assistance
ai-buddy.rewrite-selection Improve selected code using AI assistance
ai-buddy.ask-selection Ask a question about selected code using AI assistance

Installation

You can install AI Buddy directly from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace:

  1. Open VS Code.
  2. Go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X).
  3. Search for "AI Buddy".
  4. Click "Install".

Alternatively, you can visit the AI Buddy - Visual Studio Marketplace page directly in your browser and click "Install".

If you prefer, you can also install the .vsix package manually via the "Extensions: Install from VSIX..." command in the VS Code Command Palette.

Reference

  • https://code.visualstudio.com/api/working-with-extensions/publishing-extension
  • https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage/publishers/junmin
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