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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.
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## What is DevChat?
DevChat is a powerful tool that helps you write prompts to generate code and documentation.
It is _not_ limited to performing predefined operations on short code snippets.
DevChat is the way developers interact and collaborate with AI.
:speech_balloon: Build the future with prompts, _not_ code.
## Why DevChat?
- To enable AI to write code, DevChat assists you in providing **the right context** for AI.
Chat history, code, files, directory trees, `git diff --cached`, or the output of any command.
- To apply AI-generated code, DevChat streamlines your **actions to take**.
View diffs, copy or insert, commit & sync, or export to documentation, wikis, and more.
- To guide AI in your work, define **your own workflows** with DevChat.
Prompt templates, iterative calls to AI, and program operations.
- To suit your preferences, customize **your own experiences** with DevChat.
Open-source, no waiting for opaque feature schedules. Access GPT-4 today and more models in the future.
## What is Prompt-Centric Software Development (PSSD)?
- The traditional code-centric paradigm is evolving.
- Write prompts to create code. Transform prompts into everything.
- It is DevPromptOps
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## 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.
## Contact Information
hello@merico.dev
