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Overview

Chat is Codebolt AI assistant that lives in your sidebar, letting you interact with your codebase through natural language. You can ask questions, request code edits, get terminal command suggestions, and more - all without switching context.

Core Capabilities​

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Understand Code

Ask questions about unfamiliar code, get explanations, or explore your codebase

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Edit Code

Make small tweaks or large multi-file changes without manually navigating files

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Run Commands

Get terminal command suggestions for your specific use case

Getting Started​

Access Chat in the sidebar with ⌘+L (Mac) or Ctrl+I (Windows/Linux). Type your request in natural language, and the AI will respond accordingly.

Agent Modes​

Chat offers different modes optimized for specific tasks:

  • Auto: Acts as a universal agent—Codebolt will autonomously understand your codebase and make broad, codebase-wide changes as needed.
  • Ask: Get explanations, answers, and feature planning help from the AI about your codebase.
  • Act: Make targeted edits using only the specific context you provide.
  • Local Agent: Create a custom agent tailored to your unique workflows.

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Context​

Chat understands your codebase by analyzing:

  1. Open files: What you're currently viewing
  2. @ Symbol: Use @ to select specific files, folders, and docs you want to reference
  3. # Symbol: Used to select a specific agent from the agent marketplace

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Using @ to Select Content​

The @ symbol lets you precisely choose what Chat should focus on:

  • @filename.js - Select a specific file
  • @foldername/ - Include an entire folder
  • @docs/ - Reference documentation files

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Checkpoints​

Sometimes you may want to revert to a previous state of your codebase. Codebolt helps you with this by automatically creating checkpoints of your codebase at each request you make, as well every time the AI makes changes to your codebase.

To revert to a previous state, you can either:

  • Click the Restore Checkpoint button that appears within the input box of a previous request
  • Click the + button that shows at the left of a message in the chat history when hovered

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Model Selection​

Codebolt gives you flexible control over which AI model processes your requests. You can either let Codebolt automatically choose the best model or manually select one based on your specific needs.

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