AI has demonstrated its immense potential in aiding coding tasks, such as answering questions, generating code snippets, explaining code, and detecting issues. However, the current approach of using Web UIs like ChatGPT and relying heavily on copy/paste methods can be cumbersome and less efficient. To maximize the benefits of AI in coding, tighter integration of AI capabilities within modern Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) is essential. Several ideas can be explored to achieve this seamless integration, some of which have already been implemented in IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA, while others remain untapped opportunities.
There are two major concepts of such an integration: AI Actions and AI Assistant (Chat UI).