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Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code. Code completion, chat, edits and reviews with local or hosted models. Your models, your infrastructure.
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View guide →Context engineering is the new vibe coding - it's the way to actually make AI coding assistants work. Claude Code is the best for this so that's what this re…
context-engineering-intro is an open-source dev tools project by coleam00 (coleam00/context-engineering-intro on GitHub). It has 13,889 GitHub stars and 2,723 forks, is released under the MIT license, and was last updated on GitHub on 16 March 2026.
Package managers, install scripts, or app stores on every OS.
Sane defaults work; dotfiles make it yours.
A weekend of muscle memory pays off for years.
Plugins and themes from huge community ecosystems.
Hands stay on keys; the mouse becomes optional.
Customize prompts, tools, and behavior; no black box.
Every change is a reviewable diff — you stay in control.
Swap between frontier APIs and local models per task.
Lives where you work: VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, or plain terminal.
Agentic coding assistants that plan, edit, and run commands.
Download the source and move into the project folder.
git clone https://github.com/coleam00/context-engineering-intro.git
cd context-engineering-introEvery project documents its own setup; start with install requirements.
cat README.md | head -60Follow the project's launch command — Docker, pip, npm, or a binary release.
# see README for the exact launch commandIt is an open-source project at coleam00/context-engineering-intro with 2,723 forks. Check the repo's contributors and recent commits to see how active maintenance is.
MIT licensed — use it commercially, no strings attached.
With local models, no. With APIs, check the provider's retention policy.
Cloud frontier models code best today; local keeps everything private and free.
It multiplies them — best results come from developers directing and reviewing.
Open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code. Code completion, chat, edits and reviews with local or hosted models. Your models, your infrastructure.
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Free and open — grab the source, star the repo, and start creating.