SourceCraft Code Assistant release notes

July 2025

Updated chat features:

  • Supported viewing the context currently used in the chat as well as adding or deleting the following context information:
    • Web URL data
    • Specific project files and directories
    • File opened in the current tab
    • All tabs opened in the IDE
    • Project updates since pushing the last commit
    • Last lines from the active IDE terminal
    • All notifications from the IDE’s Problems menu
  • Added default context settings and the context accumulation option.
  • Implemented rules Code Assistant must comply with when responding. It now supports editable preset rules as well as custom rules.
  • Added a prompt library for chats, which contains templates for frequently used requests. It supports editable preset prompts as well as custom prompts.
  • Added the menu with quick actions to the message input window. You can use it to get refactoring suggestions and generate a commit message.
  • Improved the display of code blocks in chat mode: to make it easier to navigate the chat, the system automatically collapses large blocks of code.

Supported viewing the context currently used in the chat as well as adding specific project files and directories to the context.

May 2025

  • Implemented a chat to interact with the AI assistant in the IDE interface, with support for generation of tests and documentation.
  • Added new quotas for generation of documentation and tests as well as the number of chats.
  • Added support for quick actions: Code Assistant integrations into the IDE.
  • For Visual Studio Code, added localization of the plugin UI based on the IDE language.

February 2025

  • The service is now part of SourceCraft. Therefore, the full name of Yandex Code Assistant has been changed to SourceCraft Code Assistant. However, its current features are still the same.

    Code Assistant is now also available in the built-in SourceCraft code editor.

  • The service is publicly available at the Preview stage; you no longer need to request access. For more information, see Getting started with SourceCraft Code Assistant.
  • Introduced a system of quotas.
  • Added plugin support to the VSCodium IDE, a specialized build of Visual Studio Code that features only open-source components.

January 2025

Added the personal memory feature. When generating suggestions, the model now relies on the user's previously written code and tabs currently open in their IDE. The context is available to each user individually; data is not shared within the organization or between users. A/B testing revealed a statistically significant change in metrics: accepted suggestions increased by 11%, while rejected suggestions decreased by 17%.

December 2024

  • Added support for automatic plugin updates for JetBrains IDE and Visual Studio Code.
  • Changed the installation method for the JetBrains IDE plugin. The plugin installed using the new method will be updated automatically. For more information, see Installing and configuring a plugin.
  • Added a tooltip generation indicator in the JetBrains IDE.

November 2024

  • The Code Assistant plugin is available for JetBrains IDE version 2024.3.
  • Added a tooltip generation indicator in Visual Studio Code.

October 2024

  • Added a plugin operation indicator in the JetBrains IDE.
  • Added plugin management commands.

September 2024

The service is available upon request at the Preview stage for Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDE versions 2024.1 and 2024.2.

For more information about Code Assistant, see these public materials:

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