MutableAI
MutableAI for VS Code uses large scale neural networks trained on public data and metaprogramming to:
- Autocomplete your code
- Document your code
- You can also give instructions directly to the AI via a prompt!
- Refactor your code (beta)
We provide built-in fine-tuned support for a variety of languages such as Javascript/Typescript, Go, Rust, Python, Vue, Java etc. You can always add new languages under settings but the feature is experimental.
Getting started
- Install the extension
- If you want to try the latest and best features, install the pre-release version
- If you want the most stable experience, install the standard release version
- Click through the login pop-up browser option and follow it to mutable.ai; we recommend using login with Google or GitHub to avoid email verification.
- You can also manually enter your API key from mutable.ai/account
- Try out the commands
Watch for the extension status on the bottom right corner.
- mutable.ai: Not authenticated
- Extension is enabled but not authenticated
- mutable.ai: Disabled
- All functionality is disabled
- mutable.ai: Ready
- Ready to use commands and autocomplete
To try out the extension, simply open any code file and press Control + Space. You should see some inline suggestions.
Table of Contents
Pricing
- Free tier for individuals and open source devs 🎉
- Will charge for business and enterprise users
- Generous discounts for startups
Features
- All features depend on the language you work with. Some languages will have more features than others.
- We are constantly adding more features and more languages
▶️ MutableAI: Enable
If you missed the authentication popup, or you disabled the extension manually, you can enable the extension with this command.
⏸️ MutableAI: Disable
Manually disable the extension.
Inline autocomplete
- Inline autocompletions will appear as you type. You can also manually invoke inline autocompletion.
- Sometimes the autocompletion gets in your way. You may want to just commit part of it. You can do so by either approach below:
- You can enable the "line by line" option to get inline autocompletions line by line.
- Otherwise, you can still get less suggestions by pressing
Alt + ].
Default trigger keys
- Short completion
- Long completion
Note: You can change the hotkeys in "Keyboard Shortcuts" settings available in the command palette.
These transformations operate on an entire file and are accessed through command palette (⌘ Command or ⌃ Control + Shift + P) and can be assigned hotkeys. We plan on adding a side panel in future versions.
- Note each transformation supports different filetypes by default. You can change the supported filetypes in the settings.
- You can accept or ignore the transformation suggestions in a carefully crafted custom-built diff view, where the original file is on the left and the transformed file is on the right.
Command Palette for MutableAI
🪄 MutableAI: Give a coding instruction
Give any coding instruction and the AI will try to follow it.
📄 MutableAI: Add documentation
Add documentation to structures like functions and classes.
🎲 MutableAI: Refactor code (beta)
Get code refactoring suggestions. e.g.
Settings
We will be adding more customization via settings in subsequent versions.
⚙️ MutableAI: Settings
See current user settings.
🗑️ MutableAI: Settings reset
Caution: Reset all user settings, including API key, and reinitialize the extension.
Lightweight
- Size: 110KB
- We use esbuild to bundle the extension for minimal size and best performance
- Activation time:
- The extension waits for other core components to load before it starts activating
- Should take <50ms for most machines. Other solutions take more than twice the time
- No telemetry
- The extension only runs when you are actively typing in a file that you have enabled for MutableAI
Privacy
Choose what you share
- You can choose to use relevant files in the same folder to improve the suggestions under settings
No keystroke logging
- No keystroke logging
- What is sent to our server
- Up to 1000 lines of content for the active editor (and snippets of the same file type in the same folder)
- Your acceptance of an inline autocompletion and other suggestions
- We are also available at https://open-vsx.org/extension/mutable-ai/mutable-ai
For more information see https://mutable.ai/privacy and https://mutable.ai/security
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Limitations
Due to VS Code limitations
- The CodeLens button cannot appear above a deletion. (You can see it below instead)
Troubleshoot
If the extension is not working, try the following:
- Use "reset" command
- Enter API key manually
- Reinstall the extension
- Disable other extensions
- Restart VS Code
- Try switch between the release version and pre-release version
If still not working, contact us (support@mutable.ai) or using our chat on the website.
Other questions
Is MutableAI slowing down my computer?
- We use the extensions everyday ourselves, so we would generally notice if there is a problem.
- We perform regular benchmarks to compare machine resource load with or without MutableAI. The difference is hardly noticeable.
- If you are experiencing slowdowns, try the following:
- Disable other extensions
- Restart VS Code
- Try switch between the release version and pre-release version
- Disable the extension, then re-enable the extension and see if it truly makes a difference
About the API key
- The API key is stored securely with the VS Code secret storage API
- The API key is shared across a VS Code installation, so you don't need to login for different workspaces
- If you use some mechanism to sync extensions across different VS Code installations (on different machines), you will be prompted to login on the new machine
Extension Settings
Enjoy!
