What to Know About the Context Going into your Code LLM

Real-time context selection is crucial for enhancing AI coding assistants by providing relevant context during model invocation, leading to higher quality and more codebase-conforming suggestions. This process involves smart context collection and prompt building, as AI models are limited by context length caps and the efficacy of focused context. Although the ideal scenario would involve automatically integrating all relevant code into prompts, practical constraints necessitate selecting the best possible context within token limits. Real-time context collection is essential for creating effective prompts, especially since AI autocomplete is passive and user input can benefit from automated context integration, reducing the workload on developers. Future discussions will explore how Codeium has developed a robust context-building engine that improves suggestion quality compared to competitors like GitHub Copilot.