SmartVscode: Controlling VS Code by natural language

News

• [2024-11-08] We have now released the SmartVscode v1.0 version, it is based on App-Controller framework.

What's SmartVscode?

SmartVscode aims to revolutionize how we interact with the powerful capabilities of Visual Studio Code by harnessing the simplicity and intuitiveness of natural language. Envision seamlessly toggling themes, connecting to remote servers, or even generate a mini-game — all articulated through natural language. This innovative method is designed to make coding more efficient and advanced, taking users into a new stage of interacting with software.

• 🔥 Natural Language Command Interface: Execute a wide array of VS Code commands simply by expressing your intention in natural language. No need to memorize complex command syntax or search through menus—let the plugin understand and act upon your instructions.

• ➕ Automated Task Execution: Streamline your development workflow with tasks automated by your descriptions. Whether you need to switch up your coding environment by changing themes and fonts or start a new project component like a mini-game, just ask and it's done.

• 📃 Interactive Sidebar Conversations: Engage in a dynamic conversation with your editor. Get instant responses right in your sidebar conversation window.

Feature Video

Tic-tac-toe Game

A comprehensive pipeline in Python including configuration, code, and execution.

Style Changing

Theme Changing

How to use

To begin utilizing this extension, follow these steps:

Installation

1. Navigate to the Visual Studio Code Extension Marketplace.
2. Search for and install the extension.

Add Model Config

Once the extension is installed:

• Locate the chat window titled "SmartVscode" in your left sidebar, which should resemble the following:

• Configure your model settings within the extension:
  • Access our settings by clicking "Settings" button:
  • For using OpenAI, select the model type to OpenAI and modify the settings in the green box as shown in the figure below, including:
    • your API base url and API key
    • your preferred chat and embedding models
  • For using Tongyi, select the model type to Tongyi and modify the settings in the blue box as shown in the figure below, including:
    • your API key
    • your preferred chat and embedding models

Supported Tasks

SmartVScode intergrates a variety of built-in VSCode commands and settings that users can execute by entering simple language instructions. Here are some examples:

Editor
Scroll files together when I view multiple files at the same time	Enable the dimming of unfocused editors and terminals	Pin the current editor
Fold all block comments	Increase the font size in my editor to 16	Disable the tab preview mode to open a file in a new tab
Open the global replace interface	Show the name of the file followed by its relative path in the editor label	... ...

File	Extension	Terminal
Compare the current file with the content I just copied to the clipboard	Install an extension from a .vsix file	Enable the warning when paste multiple lines in terminal
Enable auto-saving of files every 5 seconds	Turn off the auto update for extensions	Enable the bracketed paste mode in the terminal
Go back to the previous location where my cursor was in the code	Enable the automatic update check for extensions	Navigate to the top of the the terminal view
Enable the column selection	Show me the extensions sorted by their names	Increase the amount of scrollback kept in the terminal buffer to 2000
Open the current file position in the system window	Show me where the extensions are installed	Show me which commands in terminal I've used recently
... ....	... ....	... ...

Debug	Git	Setting
Add a contional breakpoint on the current line	Unstage the changes I staged in the current file	Open the global settings editor
Enable all the breakpoints	View the differences between the current version of my project and the last committed version	Open the command list
Show all the breakpoints in my project	View the Git output to understand what's going wrong	Open the keyboard shortcuts setting view
... ....	... ....	... ...

WorkSpace	Wokrbench	Window
List all the symbols in my workspace	Help naviagte to warnings in my project	Incease the zoom level of the editor
I want to manage the trust setting for my current workspace	Open the 'Customize Layout' dropdown for me	Set VS Code to only restore the last window I worked on when I start a new session
Close the current project folder	Hide the sidebar for me to get a full view of my code	Move hte current editor to a new window

Documentation

Documentation provides the comprehensive information on how to develop SmartVscode. You can refer to these documentations for an improved experience with SmartVscode.

License

SmartVscode is released under Apache License 2.0.