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Is there any reasonable way yet to allow ChatGPT to access the full contents of a GitHub repo and ask questions about it? I tried some months ago and hit a brick wall, not sure if anything's changed.

zora_goron2y ago

I built a local developer-mode plugin that gives ChatGPT access to a local directory [0] -- it's pretty basic in terms of functionality (just simple bridge to access/read files) but I've found a surprising amount of value from it [1]!

[0] https://github.com/samrawal/chatgpt-localfiles

[1] https://samrawal.substack.com/p/example-driven-development

victorbjorklund2y ago

Tried now. I downloaded a whole repo for a Phoenix Project (so more than 1 file) and uploaded it to ChatGPT as a zip file. It works but answers are not perfect but I guess a python/javascript project should work better since it has more training data on those languages.

jorl172y ago

Aider might be what you are looking for

https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider

replwoacause2y ago

https://cursor.sh does a good job for me

mdev23OP2y ago

thats the end goal for this type of tool. right now you just guide the bot into the repo and ask it to read individual files

penjelly2y ago

you can give it a github link but the context size isnt big enough for large projects to be inserted directly.

qiine2y ago

maybe using the VScode plugin for phind

wavesounds2y ago

I wish there was a way to see exactly what its planning on doing before it does it when you say something like "save it to my desktop".

cdolan2y ago

I was looking for something like this today! Thank you for building this

hereme8882y ago

How is it different/better than Open-Interpreter?

mdev23OP2y ago

web UI so it can best hosted on a server

adr1an2y ago

cosine.sh was discussed here not long ago iirc

CGamesPlay2y ago

I’m convinced that the best way to do this is actually to have a local daemon that exposes itself as a regular ChatGPT plug-in with the necessary features. That way, we can use the regular ChatGPT GUI, but it can still access whatever we like. This should work since IIUC all ChatGPT plug-in API calls happen on the client computer already.

vorticalbox2y ago

They do, chatGPT returns a list of tools it wants (this the right term?) to call and the arguments to call it with.

Up to the developer to map the args to the function and give the result back in the message history.

CGamesPlay2y ago

You misunderstood me. I’m saying instead of being a GUI, this could be a ChatGPT plug-in. That way the developer can focus on providing a smart API that does what the user wants, and not wasting time writing a GUI.

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fzzzy2y ago

Plugins use webhooks; tools work the way you describe.

ErikBjare2y ago

Neat! Nice that you made a somewhat proper UI for it.

Many tools like this, so many that I started keeping a list: https://github.com/ErikBjare/are-copilots-local-yet

I also built my own terminal based tool "gptme" (also with code interpreter abilities, and can run as a GitHub bot) that I use daily, instead of ChatGPT: https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme

TrickardRixx2y ago

On your list I'm not sure I understand what the "Editor Extension"/"Tool" distinction is. Both continue and rift are under "Tools", but they are VSCode extensions.

mdev23OP2y ago

nice! i'll add a PR for DODA

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luckman2122y ago

Is there any reasonable way yet to allow ChatGPT to access the full contents of a GitHub repo and ask questions about it? I tried some months ago and hit a brick wall, not sure if anything's changed.

zora_goron2y ago

[0] https://github.com/samrawal/chatgpt-localfiles

[1] https://samrawal.substack.com/p/example-driven-development

victorbjorklund2y ago

jorl172y ago

Aider might be what you are looking for

https://github.com/paul-gauthier/aider

replwoacause2y ago

https://cursor.sh does a good job for me

mdev23OP2y ago

thats the end goal for this type of tool. right now you just guide the bot into the repo and ask it to read individual files

penjelly2y ago

you can give it a github link but the context size isnt big enough for large projects to be inserted directly.

qiine2y ago

maybe using the VScode plugin for phind

wavesounds2y ago

I wish there was a way to see exactly what its planning on doing before it does it when you say something like "save it to my desktop".

cdolan2y ago

I was looking for something like this today! Thank you for building this

hereme8882y ago

How is it different/better than Open-Interpreter?

mdev23OP2y ago

web UI so it can best hosted on a server

adr1an2y ago

cosine.sh was discussed here not long ago iirc

CGamesPlay2y ago

vorticalbox2y ago

They do, chatGPT returns a list of tools it wants (this the right term?) to call and the arguments to call it with.

Up to the developer to map the args to the function and give the result back in the message history.

CGamesPlay2y ago

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fzzzy2y ago

Plugins use webhooks; tools work the way you describe.

ErikBjare2y ago

Neat! Nice that you made a somewhat proper UI for it.

Many tools like this, so many that I started keeping a list: https://github.com/ErikBjare/are-copilots-local-yet

I also built my own terminal based tool "gptme" (also with code interpreter abilities, and can run as a GitHub bot) that I use daily, instead of ChatGPT: https://github.com/ErikBjare/gptme

TrickardRixx2y ago

On your list I'm not sure I understand what the "Editor Extension"/"Tool" distinction is. Both continue and rift are under "Tools", but they are VSCode extensions.

mdev23OP2y ago

nice! i'll add a PR for DODA

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