VS Code assistant

AI Assistant is a basic coding agent for VS Code. Users sign in with rNet from the sidebar, and every AI request is paid from their credits.

Source: github.com/rNetAi/ai-assistant-demo

AI Assistant chat in the VS Code sidebar — Chat with the assistant in the VS Code sidebar.

Features

Accepts coding requests in natural language from the sidebar.
Reads the relevant workspace state before asking the model for the next step.
Asks for approval before writing files or running commands.
Saves chat history locally and refreshes rNet tokens when needed.

Run it

You need Node.js, VS Code 1.85 or newer and an rNet developer account.

Register an app

In the Developer Console, register an app with this redirect URI:

text

vscode://rnet-ai.rnet-ai-agent/auth-callback

Configure and build

bash

git clone https://github.com/rNetAi/ai-assistant-demo
cd ai-assistant-demo
printf "RNET_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id\nRNET_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret\n" > .env
npm install
npm run build
npm run package   # creates a .vsix file

Install and sign in

In VS Code run Extensions: Install from VSIX… and pick the file. Open AI Assistant in the Activity Bar, sign in with rNet and approve the consent screen.

The assistant asking to confirm a file change — It asks before changing files.

The assistant reporting a completed action — Approved actions run in your workspace.

Custom URI scheme

Desktop and editor apps can use a custom scheme like vscode:// as their redirect URI. It must match the registered value exactly.