AI Assistant Guide

Status: Experimental - In Active Development. The AI Desktop Assistant is part of the C++ recode and is designed for coding and project assistance.

• Ask questions about code.
• Use active-editor, selected-code, open-tab, and active-project context.
• Help locate errors and suggest improvements.

Context may include open tabs, the active editor, selected code, and searchable project text.

• The active project provides the boundary for project tools.
• Review files through pyIDE-scoped tools rather than arbitrary filesystem inspection.

Development testing includes configurable local-model direction and models such as Qwen2.5-Coder 7B.

• Compatibility and configuration may change before release.
• Do not claim every interaction is fully offline unless the implementation proves it.

Planned work includes edit previews, controlled edits, activity logs, recoverable batches, and Undo support.

• The feature is not finished.
• See permission controls for safety boundaries.

Do not treat the assistant as having unlimited computer access or finished security guarantees.

• Formal security audit completion has not been claimed.
• User control remains the design goal.