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# Introducing CodePilot
> Not just a chatbot that answers questions. A colleague that works alongside you.
## One-line introduction
> **"Not just a chatbot that answers questions. A colleague that works alongside you."**
CodePilot is an **AI-powered work partner** that stays with you across the entire flow — **ask → build → verify → fix** — right inside the screen where developers work.
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## Get started right away
Install from a VSIX file through the VS Code Extensions panel
Social login, username/password, or license key
Apply your team's policies with an organization API key
Your first request, attaching context, approving changes
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## What problems does it solve?
### Time lost to repetitive work
* Time spent organizing requirements and designing before building a feature
* Repeatedly writing boilerplate code, refactoring, and authoring test cases
* Focus drained by tracking down the cause of errors and retrying fixes
### Development practices that differ from team to team
* Higher review costs caused by inconsistent code styles across team members
* Duplicate implementations of the same feature and harder maintenance
* Security policies and forbidden patterns getting missed depending on individual habits
**How CodePilot solves this**
CodePilot delivers **"individual productivity"** and **"adherence to team standards"** at the same time, so developers can focus solely on core logic while AI and the system handle the rest.
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## Components
**VS Code extension**
The AI coding assistant developers use directly. It provides chat, file editing, command execution, and inline code completion.
**Web admin console**
Organization administrators centrally manage AI model policies, security rules, coding conventions, and usage.
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## What changes when you use it across an organization
When an administrator configures policies in the Admin console, they are automatically applied to every IDE connected to the organization.
| What the administrator decides | What the developer gets |
| ------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Which AI models are available | Only vetted models, used safely |
| Security rules | Automatic blocking of risky commands and sensitive files |
| Coding conventions | Code automatically generated to match team standards |
| Internal documents (RAG) | Answers that understand your company's context |
Policies are distributed at two levels of strength: **Required** and **Recommended**. Required items cannot be turned off by developers, while Recommended items are applied as defaults but can be changed when needed.