Sourcegraph Cody Integration

Overview

Sourcegraph Cody is a sophisticated AI coding assistant that understands your entire codebase and development context. It provides intelligent code navigation, generation, and question answering capabilities.

Key Features

Repository-Wide Understanding: Comprehends entire codebases
Semantic Code Search: Find code by describing functionality
Context-Aware Generation: Creates code that fits your project
Automated Refactoring: Intelligent code restructuring
Documentation Generation: Creates thorough code documentation

Use Cases

Exploring and understanding large codebases
Generating code based on natural language descriptions
Answering technical questions about your code
Automated refactoring of legacy code
Creating and maintaining documentation

Note: Custom LLM integration available in Sourcegraph Enterprise.

Setup Instructions

Install Sourcegraph Cody extension

Open the extension settings in your IDE and install the Sourcegraph Cody extension.
Navigate to user settings

Navigate to user settings JSON configuration and add the following.

Add a custom LLM provider

{
    "cody.dev.models": [
    {
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "<model name>",
      "inputTokens": 32000,
      "outputTokens": 4000,
      "apiKey": "relaxai_api_key",
      "options": {
          "temperature": 0.0
      },
      "apiEndpoint": "https://api.relax.ai/v1"
    }
   ]
 }

Save and restart

Save settings and restart Cody to see the new model in action.

Using Cody

Sourcegraph Cody offers several powerful features:

Ask Cody: Ask questions about your code
Explain Code: Get detailed explanations of selected code
Generate Code: Create code from natural language descriptions
Command Palette: Access all features through commands
Documentation: Generate documentation for functions and classes