Adding Context

You can ask questions about one or more files or edit them.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click File and select the file you want from the list. To add multiple files, repeat the preceding operations.

Click a referenced file in the input box to locate the target file.

You can query and modify all content in a specified folder. When you need to perform batch operations on a code module, you only need to select the corresponding project directory to complete related tasks.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Folder and select the folder you want from the list. To add multiple folders, repeat the preceding operations.

Click a referenced folder in the input box to open the target folder in the explorer.

You can reference code symbols such as functions, classes, and variables as the context.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Symbol and select the function, class, or variable to be referenced.

When CodeArts Agent is switched to the (custom) agent mode, symbols cannot be added as contexts.

You can analyze code changes committed to the code repository, helping developers easily view each code change and clearly understand the project evolution and quality trend.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Git and select the commit code or checkpoint to be referenced from the list.

You can quickly locate historical commands and execution results through the terminal.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Terminal and select TerminalFull (complete command history) or TerminalLastCommand (last terminal command) as required.

You can use Problems to quickly reference compilation error information, analyze all problems, and provide corresponding solutions.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Problems and ask questions on the error information.

You can use knowledge bases to ask questions about the overall knowledge system, improving the capabilities of code generation and R&D Q&A scenarios. Before using this function, you need to create a knowledge base. For details, see Knowledge Bases.

Procedure:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Knowledge Bases and select the required knowledge base and knowledge set.

You can customize rules to help CodeArts Agent better understand the code repository structure and comply with project specifications. These rules can be automatically loaded or invoked by CodeArts Agent, or manually applied by you. Create rules before using them. For details, see Rules.

To manually apply a rule, perform the following operations:

In the chat window of CodeArts Agent, enter # in the input box, or choose > Add Context. Click Rules and select the rule you want from the list. To add multiple rules, repeat the preceding operations.

When you edit code files in CodeArts Agent, it can view the active file by default. You can directly ask CodeArts Agent questions related to this file, such as asking about a specific block of code within it.

In the code editor, select the corresponding code. Right-click and choose CodeArts Agent: Add Code to Chat to add the selected content to the chat box as the context.