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# DevChat Visual Studio Code Extension


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DevChat provides a Visual Studio Code extension, enabling you to interact with an AI-powered bot for coding assistance. Designed for **prompt-centric** software development, it allows you to create your own personalized dev copilot.

## Features

- Chat with an AI-powered bot to get coding assistance
- Add code snippets or files to the chat for context
- Configure AI model settings

## Installation

1. Open Visual Studio Code
2. Press `Ctrl+P` to open the Quick Open dialog
3. Type `ext install merico.devchat` and press `Enter`
4. Install devchat package by `pip install devchat`
5. setting your OPENAI_API_KEY in setting/DevChat

## Usage

1. Open the chat panel by clicking on the "Chat with Bot" view in the Explorer or by running the "DevChat" command from the Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P`).
2. Type your question or prompt in the input field and press `Enter` to send it to the AI bot.
3. To add code snippets or files to the chat, right-click on the selected code or file in the editor and choose "Add to DevChat" from the context menu.

## Configuration

You can configure the following settings in your `settings.json` file:

- `DevChat.llmModel`: Select the AI model to use (default: "OpenAI").
- `DevChat.maxLogCount`: Limit the number of prompts to output (default: 20).
- `DevChat.OpenAI.model`: Specify the AI model (default: "gpt-4").
- `DevChat.OpenAI.temperature`: Specify the AI model temperature (default: 0.2).
- `DevChat.OpenAI.stream`: Specify the AI model stream (default: true).
- `DevChat.OpenAI.tokensPerPrompt`: Specify the number of tokens for each prompt (default: 6000).
- `DevChat.OpenAI.useHistoryPrompt`: Use history prompts as context (default: true).
- `DevChat.OpenAI.apiKey`: OpenAI API Key (default: "").
- `DevChat.OpenAI.EndPoint`: OpenAI API server (default: "").

## Contributing

If you have any suggestions or issues, please feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on the [GitHub repository](https://github.com/covespace/devchat-vscode.git).

## Automated Publishing Process

Check out our [Automated Publishing Process](./docs/publish.md) for a detailed walkthrough of how we manage the automated release of new versions for the DevChat VSCode Extension.

## License

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## Contact Information

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