Extension Details

AI Assist is a very simple interface to ChatGPT designed for software development. It can work on selected code or an entire file (sometimes).

Setup

Enter your OpenAI API key in settings, and optionally change the model.

Usage

Select the code you're interested in, or select nothing to work on an entire file. Press command+shift+l to display the prompt dialog and enter a question, directions to edit code, etc.

The extension tries to guess if you're asking a question or trying to generate code. A question will display a response, and anything else will directly edit code.

The Show Results Message setting will display the results of a question in a dialog if enabled. Otherwise it will insert the result as a comment in your code.

Caveats

This is a super simple extension, so don't rely on its results too much. It also seems to fail with large files, so I find working on a selection works better.

Version 1.0

Initial release