ChatGPT Code Assistant
ChatGPT is excellent but you need to do a lot of copy and pasting for using it as a coding assistant. I created a simple plugin to give ChatGPT access to the web for documentation and also to the local file system.
ChatGPT Code Assistant launched on April 26, 2023 with 10 votes, #1,716 of 4,853 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
ChatGPT Code Assistant is a plugin that extends ChatGPT's capabilities for software development work. It grants ChatGPT direct access to web documentation and local files, eliminating the need to manually copy and paste code or references between ChatGPT and other tools. The plugin is designed for developers who want a more streamlined workflow when using ChatGPT for coding tasks.
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From the sources
ChatGPT Plugin for retrieving external API documentation and reading and writing to local files. - edmar/chatgpt-code-assistant
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