DevChat Visual Studio Code Extension

👉 Install Visual Studio Code extension from Visual Studio Marketplace and enjoy DevChat 👏

What is DevChat?

DevChat is the open-source solution to help you write prompts to generate code and documentation, going beyond simple code auto-completion. It isn't limited to performing predefined operations on short code snippets.

DevChat is the way developers interact and collaborate with AI.

💬 Build the future with prompts, not code.

Why DevChat?

Great output requires great input, to maximize the power of AI, DevChat assists you seamlessly to provide the right context to the AI.

Chat history, code, files, directory trees, git diff --cached, or the output of any command.
Once you have generated code with AI, DevChat streamlines the actions to properly integrate and ship.

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.

Explore more prompt templates, iterative calls to AI, and program operations.
To ensure the experience fits 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 (PCSD)?

The traditional code-centric paradigm is evolving.
Write prompts to create code. Transform prompts into all the artifacts in software engineering.

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We like to call it DevPromptOps

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Quick Start

Install Visual Studio Code.
Open the Extensions view (⇧⌘X), search for DevChat, and install the extension:

Since DevChat is designed for developers, it requires a Git or SVN repository folder to store metadata. Therefore, be sure to open a Git or SVN project.
Set your OpenAI API Key by running export OPENAI_API_KEY="[sk-...]" (or set it to your DevChat access key instead).
Click on the DevChat icon in the status bar. If the API key setting is not configured, it will prompt you to enter it. Simply input the key.

We recommend dragging the DevChat logo from the left sidebar to the right sidebar to avoid overlapping with the Explorer.

Community

Join our Discord!
Participate in discussions!
Chinese speaking users: 欢迎加入中文讨论组！

Contributing

Issues and pull request are welcome: https://github.com/covespace/devchat-vscode/issues

Automated Publishing Process

Check out our Automated Publishing Process for a detailed walkthrough of how we manage the automated release of new versions for the DevChat VSCode Extension.

Contact Information

hello@merico.dev

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