YA Copilot VSCode Extension

YA Copilot (Yet Another Copilot) is an open source copilot alternative, it is a VSCode extension that uses the Anthropic API to provide AI assistance.

Start by setting your anthropic API key in the extension settings

Commands ( CTRL + SHIFT + P )

• ya-copilot.setApiKey: Set your Anthropic API key
• ya-copilot.clearMessages: Clear the chatbox
• ya-copilot.generateDocumentation: Generate documentation for the selected code snippet

Extension Settings ( CTRL + COMMA )

This extension contributes the following settings:

• ya-copilot.apikey: Your Anthropic API key
• ya-copilot.model: Anthropic model to use default to claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620
• ya-copilot.maxTokens: Max tokens to use default to 512
• ya-copilot.edgeCases: Include the edge cases in the responce default to false
• ya-copilot.deepExplanation: Include the deep explanation in the responce for the complex parts default to false
• ya-copilot.commonIgnoredFolders: Patterns to ignore when generating the file tree for the prompt in order to avoid having a really long input prompt, if .gitignore was not available default to [".git", ".github", "node_modules", "out", "dist", "vendor", ".vscode-test", ".vscode", "build"]
• ya-copilot.debug: Enable debug mode (show the full prompt in the chatbox) default to false

Development

Install dependencies by:

pnpm install

Then run and debug extension like in official documentation

pnpm release