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Qodo IDE plugin, formerly Qodo Gen, brings local code review workflows to JetBrains and VS Code as part of the Qodo Platform.
Set Chat Preferences to customize your Qodo IDE Plugin experience with custom instructions and other settings.

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How to get to the chat preferences page

1
Open Qodo Chat by clicking the Qodo icon in your Extensions or Plugins bar.
2
Click the three dots icon on the top right.
3
Select Chat Preferences.
Qodo Gen chat settings menu showing Chat preferences, Disable code completion, and other options

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Configure chat preferences

In the Chat Preferences window, you can configure:

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Custom instructions

Add custom instructions for Qodo Chat to follow in conversations. To configure instructions for a specific command, click Add a specific command. To set general instructions for all commands, add them under All messages.

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Terminal commands

These preferences affect the Terminal Agentic Tool.
  1. Allowed commands: Set terminal commands that the agent runs automatically without approval. All other terminal commands require approval.
  2. Blocked commands: Set terminal commands that the agent automatically blocks.