Getting started with watsonx Code Assistant

With watsonx Code Assistant, you can harness generative AI and advanced automation to create enterprise-ready code.

It is an innovative, generative AI coding companion that offers robust, contextually aware assistance for popular programming languages including Go, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, and more. Seamlessly integrated into your IDE, you can accelerate your productivity and simplify coding tasks, all with trust, security, and compliance.

  • AI-powered coding tasks: Code generation, explanation, unit test, creation, AI-derived code documentation, and more.
  • Enterprise Java modernization: Generative AI and automation-assisted modernization for Java enterprise applications.
  • Chat for code: Free-form AI conversational chat for planning applications and writing code.
  • Prebuilt chat commands: Use optimized prompts for specific tasks.
  • Integrated directly into IDEs: Available directly within Visual Studio Code and Eclipse, integrating seamlessly with your workflow.

Checking whether the service is installed

An administrator must install watsonx Code Assistant.

To check whether the service is installed:

  1. From the navigation menu, select Services > Services catalog.
  2. Search for watsonx Code Assistant.

If the service is installed and ready to use, the tile in the catalog shows Ready to use.

Accessing the service

watsonx Code Assistant™ watsonx Code Assistant is available from IBM watsonx Code Assistant experience.

Developers can access the service by installing an IDE extension. For more information, see:

Learn more

To learn more about watsonx Code Assistant, see the following topics in the IBM watsonx Code Assistant documentation: