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Sherpa Coder
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VS Code extension letting developers chat with their own custom OpenAI assistants without leaving the editor.
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Core features
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- ✦in-editor chat with OpenAI assistants
- ✦workspace source-code context sharing
- ✦support for custom, user-defined assistants
- ✦secure management of the user's OpenAI account
- ✦Design canvas integrated directly into the IDE (VSCode/Cursor)
- ✦Agent-driven MCP canvas based on open design format
- ✦AI Multiplayer for generating screens and flows in parallel
- ✦Design as Code: Design files live in repo, versioned with Git
- ✦Pixel-perfect vector-to-code workflow
Use cases
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- →getting coding help without switching out of VS Code
- →using a personalized OpenAI assistant tuned to a project
- →quick in-editor Q&A while writing code
- →Designing new products and features with pixel-perfect precision without leaving the development environment.
- →Eliminating design handoffs by having design and code live under one roof.
- →Accelerating workflow by using AI multiplayer to generate UI components and flows.
- →Shipping production-ready apps with guaranteed code-design alignment.
- →Integrating existing design systems directly from the codebase.
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