Code Comment Generator AI – VS Code Extension

✨ Automatically generate meaningful code comments with AI inside Visual Studio Code. Save time, improve readability, and write cleaner code with a single shortcut.

🚀 Features

• 🧠 AI-Powered Code Comments – Detects the programming language and generates context-aware single-line comments.
• ⚡ One Shortcut – Select code, press Ctrl + Shift + C, and get instant comments.
• 🌐 Language Aware – Supports JavaScript, Python, Java, C++, HTML, CSS, and more.
• 🎯 Clean Output – No extra formatting, only the correct comment syntax with plain English + emojis.
• 📋 Context Menu Support – Right-click any selection → Generate Command with AI.
• 🔄 Non-intrusive – Inserts comments above your selected code, keeping original code intact.

📸 Demo

Example output:

// Fetches user data from API and logs the name and email 📡👤

🛠 Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code.
2. Go to Extensions Marketplace.
3. Search for "Code Comment Generator AI".
4. Click Install.

Or install directly via CLI:

code --install-extension command-generator

⚡ Usage

1. Select the code snippet you want to document.

2. Run the command:

   • Press Ctrl + Shift + C
   • Or Right-click → Generate Command with AI.

3. Wait a few seconds while the extension generates your comment.

4. Your new AI-generated comment will appear above the selected code.

💻 Example

Input

a = 4
b = 5
c = a + b
print(c)

Output

# Calculates the sum of a and b and prints the result ➕📊
a = 4
b = 5
c = a + b
print(c)

🔧 Requirements

• Internet connection 🌐 (required for AI processing).
• VS Code version ^1.103.0 or later.

📌 Commands

• Generate Command with AI

  • Shortcut: Ctrl + Shift + C
  • Context Menu: Right-click selected code

📋 Roadmap

• [ ] Multi-line descriptive comments
• [ ] JSDoc / Docstring style support
• [ ] Offline model support
• [ ] Comment style customization

🤝 Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

👨‍💻 Author

Thinakaran Manokaran 🌐 thinakaran.dev 🐦 Twitter 💼 LinkedIn

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