- Codebase awareness: Qoder automatically understands the full context of your task by intelligently analyzing your project and natural language descriptions.
- Project-level changes: Based on your high-level instructions, Qoder can perform complex, multi-file changes across your entire project.
- Memory awareness: Qoder features a persistent, LLM-based memory, allowing it to learn and adapt to you and your projects over time.
- Tool use: To accomplish complex tasks, Qoder can autonomously select and use a powerful suite of built-in tools.
- To-dos: For complex objectives, Agent Mode generates a structured, step-by-step task list to guide its work.
- Command execution: Qoder intelligently determines, generates, and executes necessary terminal commands to complete its tasks.
How to use AI chat
To start a chat after installing Qoder Plugin on JetBrains IDEs, click the Qoder icon in the side navigation bar or use the keyboard shortcuts (Press⌘ ⇧ L on macOS or Ctrl Shift L on Windows/Linux) to open the AI Chat panel. Sign in, and you can start chatting.
Qoder Plugin provides AI Chat capabilities in two mode:
- Ask mode help developers solve coding problems, fix errors, debug, and troubleshoot runtime errors
- Agent mode offers to-dos generation, multi-file edits, autonomous decision-making, codebase-level awareness, and tool use to complete end-to-end coding tasks.
Features
Codebase indexing
Qoder automatically indexes your project, giving the AI a deep understanding of your code for smarter search and more relevant suggestions—all in real time. Learn more ➔Memory
Qoder remembers your conversations, building a personal memory of you and your projects for smarter assistance and more relevant solutions—getting more helpful with every chat. Learn more ➔Rules
Qoder enforces your custom project rules, guiding the AI to understand your unique coding standards for suggestions that consistently match your project’s style—ensuring it always codes your way. Learn more ➔Tools
Qoder equips its AI with powerful tools, letting it read files, run commands, and edit your code to solve problems autonomously—turning conversation into concrete action. Learn more ➔To-dos
Qoder breaks down your complex goals into a step-by-step plan, providing a transparent roadmap of its actions for easy tracking and approval—turning a big idea into a clear path forward.Web search
Qoder gives its AI live web access, enabling it to solve complex problems and answer questions using the most current online resources—breaking free from the limits of static training data.Terminal
Qoder gives its AI direct control of the terminal, letting it install packages, run tests, and manage servers to complete tasks from start to finish—automating the manual work so you don’t have to.MCP
Qoder Agent Mode connects to your external tools via MCP, letting the AI interact with services like JIRA and custom APIs for richer context and automated actions—extending its power far beyond just code. Learn more ➔Checkpoints
Qoder Agent Mode provides a safety net by automatically saving snapshots of the project’s state, allowing you to easily revert any changes made by the agent.History
Qoder offers a complete audit trail of every action the agent has taken, including commands run and files modified, for full transparency. You can access History via opening the Qoder AI Chat panel and clicking the icon.Keyboard shortcuts
| Action | macOS | Windows/Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Submit a message | ⏎ | ⏎ |
| Insert a new line in input | ⇧ ⏎ | Shift ⏎ |
| Add context | @ | @ |
| Add selected to chat | ⌘ ⌥ I | Ctrl Alt I |
| Accept all suggested changes | ⌘ ⏎ | Ctrl ⏎ |
| Reject all suggested changes | ⌘ ⌫ | Ctrl Backspace |