Today we are releasing the beta version of Ceres Assistant for Visual Studio Code. Get Ceres Assistant from the Visual Studio Marketplace.
Ceres Assistant keeps an AI assistant close to the code, files, errors, terminal output, and debugging work without taking over the whole project.
Ceres is designed as a counterbalance to AI tools that become heavy and try to do everything on their own. It fills the space between the older fully manual workflow and the newer agent workflow, for developers who want an AI assistant without giving up control of their code.
The beta supports a custom API key, so you can connect your own compatible AI provider and choose the model you want to use.
We test the beta with DeepSeek V3 for coding questions, code explanations, debugging help, and focused suggestions inside VS Code.
Ceres is built for practical help with the code in front of you, controlled context, different AI providers, and suggestions that you can review before using.