Archivist: AI-Powered Semantic Code Search for Visual Studio Code

Archivist is an AI-powered Visual Studio Code extension revolutionizing codebase navigation. It offers a powerful semantic search capability, enabling developers to quickly find and understand code snippets within their projects.

Features

• Semantic Search: Archivist goes beyond keyword matching, understanding the meaning of your code to deliver highly relevant results.
• Instant Indexing & Updates: Automatically indexes your codebase upon installation and updates the index in real-time as you edit, ensuring consistently accurate search results within minutes.
• Succinct Summaries: Quickly grasps the functionality of matched code snippets through concise summaries.
• Customizable Exclusion: Easily exclude files from indexing using familiar .gitignore syntax, managed through a configuration file (config.json) located in the .archivist directory.
• Fast Query Response: Delivers search results swiftly, making code navigation efficient and seamless.
• Broad Language Support: Currently supports Python, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, TSX, JSX, and C++. Support for additional languages is planned.

Benefits

• Increased Productivity: Spend less time searching and more time coding.
• Improved Code Understanding: Quickly grasp the purpose and functionality of existing code.
• Enhanced Collaboration: Facilitates easier understanding and navigation of large codebases for teams.
• Privacy Focused: Archivist prioritizes your privacy, ensuring that your code and personal data remain secure and are not stored.

Use Cases

• Quickly locate specific functions or classes within a large project.
• Understand the purpose of unfamiliar code sections.
• Refactor code more efficiently by easily finding related code snippets.
• Onboard new team members faster by making codebase navigation easier.

Archivist empowers developers with intelligent code search, boosting productivity and improving code comprehension.