Install an AI Coding Assistant

23 steps

Add an AI coding-assistant extension to your code-server Development environment.

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From your code-server, click the “extensions” icon in the left nav.
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Search for the coding AI assistant of your choice. I will use Gemini Code Assist as an example.
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Click “Gemini Code Assist”
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Click “Install”
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Click “Trust Publisher & Install”
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Click the Gemini icon to open the chat interface.
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Click “Sign in with Google”
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Click the URL in the terminal.
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Click “Open”
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Log into Google using your account.
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Click “Sign in”
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Copy the authorization code.
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Paste the authorization code into the terminal where it's asking for input and press [[enter]]
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Click “Select a Google Cloud Project”
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Click “Create a New Google Cloud Project” or click an existing one.
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Authorize to your Google account in whatever way you usually do.
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Create a new project.
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Refresh the list of projects.
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Select the project you created.
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Click here to enable the API.
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Make sure you click “Enable API” in the dialog in bottom right.
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Now you can chat with Gemini and ask for help.
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Gemini provides helpful instructions and intuitive user interface for implementing its code suggestions. And it's free. Congrats you have implemented an AI coding assistant in your development environment!