/help

/help gives you information and answers questions about Qodo Gen, taken directly from this documentation platform.

Use it to get answers on documentation-related questions directly in Qodo Gen Chat, leveraging the AI model's understanding of the product's documentation to provide precise and contextual answers.

Using /help

1. Open a file: Open a file in your project.

2. Activate Qodo Gen: Click the Qodo Gen logo in the Extensions bar.

3. Call the Command: Type /help in the chatbox followed by the question you have about Qodo Gen, and hit the send key or click the arrow button.

4. Result! Qodo Gen will answer your question, provide examples and offer guidelines.

5. (Optional) Continue your chat: To give Qodo Gen more instructions, just type a command or ask a question to keep chatting.

Example

Command

/help  how do I start using Qodo Gen Chat?

Response

Based on the documentation and the user's IDE being VSCode, here's how to start using Qodo Gen Chat:

1. Installation and Sign in:

First, install Qodo Gen from the Visual Studio Marketplace

Sign in by clicking the Qodo Gen logo in your extensions bar and then clicking
the "sign in to Qodo Gen" button on the top right

Follow the instructions on the webpage to complete sign in

2. Opening Qodo Gen Chat:

Click the Qodo Gen logo in your Extensions bar to open the chat interface

3. Using the Chat:

You can start by selecting code you want to work with and adding it as Context:

Select code and press Ctrl + Shift + E (Windows)
or Cmd + Shift + E (Mac)

Or right-click selected code and choose "Add to Qodo Gen as context"

4. Available Commands:

You can use various commands in the chat by typing them with a leading slash /,
such as:

/ask

Ask any free-text question about your code

/enhance

Beautify and clean your code

/improve

Get suggestions to improve your code

/test-suite

Generate test suites

/explain

Understand how selected code works

5. Focus Selection:

Choose your Focus by clicking Add focus

on the bottom left or typing @

Select either:

Current File Focus: For working with the current file

Git Diff Focus: For working with git changes

6. Additional Features:

You can continue conversations with follow-up questions

Access chat history of your 20 most recent conversations

Switch between different AI models using the dropdown menu below the chatbox

Remember that Qodo Gen Chat maintains context awareness, so it will provide more relevant responses based on the code context you provide and the Focus you select.