Getting Started

Getting started with Gen42

Getting your API key

To get your API key you must create an account. After creating your account, you can find your API key in your account dashboard

Getting Code completion

We provide an openai api compliant endpoint, therefore you should be able to the api endpoint with most popular ai products.

Options

VSCode and JetBrains - Continue.dev
Vim - vim codex or openai.vim

VS Code Continue.dev

Install the extension
- Go to the extensions tab and search "Continue"
- Find the extension named "Continue - Codestral, Claude, and more"
- Install the extension
Configuring the extension
- To configure the extension run the command "Ctrl+Shift+P"
- Search "Continue config"
- Select "Continue: Open config.json"
- Replace the config with the config below, remember to modify the APIKEY.
Optional Configuration
- By default we set "multilineCompletions" to always, you can delete this line and instead completions will be a single line. This will speed up your completions, but they will be limited to a single line.

{
  "models": [
    {
      "title": "Code",
      "model": "code",
      "contextLength": 8000,
      "provider": "openai",
      "apiKey": "YOUR APIKEY",
      "apiBase": "http://api.gen42.ai/v1"
 
    }
  ],
"tabAutocompleteModel": {
    "title": "Code",
    "model": "code",
    "contextLength": 8000,
    "provider": "openai",
    "apiKey": "YOUR APIKEY",
    "apiBase": "http://api.gen42.ai/v1"
  },
  "customCommands": [
    {
      "name": "test",
      "prompt": "{{{ input }}}\n\nWrite a comprehensive set of unit tests for the selected code. It should setup, run tests that check for correctness including important edge cases, and teardown. Ensure that the tests are complete and sophisticated. Give the tests just as chat output, don't edit any file.",
      "description": "Write unit tests for highlighted code"
    }
  ],
  "allowAnonymousTelemetry": true,
  "embeddingsProvider": {
    "provider": "transformers.js"
  },
  "tabAutocompleteOptions": {
    "multilineCompletions": "always"
  },
}