The AI sidebar: Chat and Code Review tabs, credits per mode, chat export and assistant status.

Goki Assistant (AI Assistant)

Goki Assistant is the "right sidebar" of the IDE: a virtual pair programmer that reads your code and helps you write, fix, explain and review it.

Icon: 🤖 (Bot) on the Header — shortcut Ctrl/Cmd + /.

(1) Chat tab. (2) Review tab. (3) Mode selector. (4) Export chat. (5) Clear chat.

Interface Overview

Goki Assistant has 2 main tabs:

Chat
- Context-aware conversation about the file you are editing.
- 3 selectable modes: Code, Architect and Ask (Ask is the default). A Debug mode is used automatically by Fix with AI from the Console.
- 7 slash commands: /fix, /explain, /refactor, /test, /wiring, /comment, /simulate.
- @ Mention: type @ to reference a function from the open file.
- Per-file chat history; scroll up to load older messages.
- Export Chat: the Download button in the header exports the conversation to Markdown.
- Clear Chat: the trash button clears the current file's conversation after a confirmation.
Review (Code Review)
- 4 sub-tabs: Summary, Issues, Suggestions and History.
- Quality score (0–100), RAM/Flash memory estimate, findings grouped by category and severity, and before/after suggestions you can apply individually or with Apply All.
- 3 review depths: Quick, Standard and Detailed.

(1) Review tab. (2) Analyze the current file.

Context awareness: the assistant automatically reads the active file and updates when you switch tabs.
Safe code application: nothing is written to your file silently. Every change goes through a diff preview, and localized fixes use Smart Patch (⚡) so the rest of the file is preserved.
Snippet protection: AI code blocks marked as snippets (cppfix) are copy-only — they cannot overwrite the whole file.
RAG suggestions: the assistant retrieves similar code from your workspace (hybrid keyword + semantic search) to ground its answers.
Streaming with Stop: responses appear word by word and can be interrupted at any time.
Stream interruption guard: if you switch files while the AI is answering, a dialog asks whether to stop the answer and move on.
Thinking models: when a reasoning model is selected, the "thinking process" appears in a collapsible block above the answer.
Retry on failure: if the provider fails (502/503/429/timeout), the message shows a red error with a Retry button that resends the same prompt.
Local privacy consent: when the active file is in a Local folder, a privacy panel appears and local code is only indexed for the cloud after you explicitly opt in.
AI Status: a button in the assistant header shows the response time and online/offline state; click it for endpoint and API details.