I Spent My Weekends Building an AI Debugger That Understands Your Code

AI-powered multi-language debugging with symbolic execution and path-sensitivity analysis

Transform your debugging experience with intelligent context analysis, GitHub Copilot integration, and multi-language support. Co Debugger AI provides instant access to comprehensive debugging insights without leaving your editor.

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✨ Features

🚀 Universal Language Support

• 🐹 Go (Delve)
• 🐍 Python (debugpy)
• ⚡ JavaScript/TypeScript (Node, Chrome, Edge)
• ☕ Java (JDB)
• 🔧 C/C++ (GDB, LLDB)
• 🔷 C# (.NET Core)

🤖 AI-Powered Analysis

• Symbolic Execution - Predict alternative execution paths
• Path Sensitivity - Analyze variable dependencies
• Smart Variable Classification - Highlight business logic vs system variables
• Error Prediction - AI-driven root cause detection

🎯 GitHub Copilot Integration

• 10+ specialized context types
• One-click status bar control
• Side panel export
• Multiple format outputs

⚡ Smart Context Collection

• Deep object inspection
• Memory usage tracking
• Type inference
• Business logic focus

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📅 Installation

From Marketplace

ext install NandamYashwanth.go-debugger-ai

From Command Palette

• Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P
• Extensions: Install Extensions
• Search for Co Debugger AI

Manual Installation

git clone https://github.com/yashwanthnandam/go-debugger-ai.git cd go-debugger-ai npm install npm run package code --install-extension co-debugger-ai-2.0.0.vsix

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🚀 Quick Start

1. Configure AI Provider

> Co Debug: Configure AI Assistant

Supported:

• OpenAI (GPT-3.5/4/4 Turbo)
• Anthropic (Claude 3)
• Azure OpenAI
• Custom endpoints

2. Start Debugging

• Set breakpoints
• Hit F5 to start session
• Click Co Debug AI in the status bar

3. Generate Context

Context Type Description Use Case

🔧 Quick Fix	Minimal error context	Troubleshooting
📊 Essential Vars	Key variables	Debugging vars
📞 Function Stack	Call hierarchy	Flow tracing
🔍 Deep Dive	Variable analysis	Data structures
🌊 Control Flow	Logic paths	Debugging flow
📃 Complex Data	Nested structures	Data modeling
⚡ Performance	Metrics	Speed tuning
🐛 Error Invest.	Root cause	Bug hunting
🤖 Full AI	Everything	Deep dive
⚙ Custom	Tailored	Your way

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⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut Action

Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+Shift+A	Open Context Analyzer
Ctrl+Shift+D R	Refresh Debug Context
Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+Shift+C	Configure AI Assistant
Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+Shift+G	Show Execution Graph

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🎯 Usage Examples

Example 1: Quick Bug Fix (Go)

func processOrder(order *Order) error { if order == nil { // 🚩 Breakpoint return errors.New("order is nil") } // ... }

Select "Quick Fix Context" → Open side panel → Ask Copilot: Why is my order nil?

Example 2: Complex Data (Python)

def analyze_data(dataset): results = {} for item in dataset: # 🚩 results[item.id] = transform(item) return results

Select "Complex Data" → Ask Copilot: Optimize this loop

Example 3: Performance (TypeScript)

async function fetchUserData(userId: string) { const start = performance.now(); const user = await db.findUser(userId); // 🚩 const end = performance.now(); console.log(`Query took ${end - start}ms`); return user; }

Select "Performance" → Ask Copilot: Optimize DB call

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🔧 Configuration

AI Provider

{ "coDebugger.llm.provider": "openai", "coDebugger.llm.model": "gpt-4", "coDebugger.llm.temperature": 0.3, "coDebugger.llm.maxTokens": 4000 }

Variable Analysis

{ "coDebugger.variableAnalysis.maxVariableValueLength": 500, "coDebugger.variableAnalysis.enableTypeInference": true, "coDebugger.businessLogic.enableDetection": true }

Language-Specific

{ "coDebugger.languageSpecific.java.maxVariableDepth": 4, "coDebugger.languageSpecific.cpp.analyzeSTLContainers": true, "coDebugger.languageSpecific.cpp.memoryLimitMB": 60 }

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🌟 Advanced Features

Symbolic Execution

• Branch prediction
• Constraint solving
• Alternate path analysis

Path Sensitivity

• Variable flow
• Critical path detection
• Convergence analysis

Variable Expansion

• Configurable depth
• Type-aware expansion
• JSON export

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🛠️ Development

git clone https://github.com/yashwanthnandam/go-debugger-ai.git cd go-debugger-ai npm install npm run watch npm run package

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🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md

Ideas:

• 🌍 New language support (Rust, Kotlin, Swift)
• 🤖 More AI models (Gemini, Cohere, local LLMs)
• 🔍 Improved symbolic engine
• 📊 Graph/Chart visualizations
• 🧪 Tests
• 📖 Docs

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📚 Documentation

• User Guide
• Configuration Reference
• AI Integration Guide
• Multi-language Support
• API Docs
• Troubleshooting

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🚑 Troubleshooting

"Not appearing"

• Ensure you're in a supported debug session
• Hit a breakpoint
• Restart VS Code

"AI config failed"

• Check key/credits/network
• Try other provider

"Slow context gen"

• Reduce depth
• Fewer variables
• Check memory limit

"Copilot can't find file"

• File should be in Column 2
• Reopen if closed accidentally

Logs:

# Developer tools > Reload Window → Output → Co Debugger AI

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📄 License

MIT License

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• VS Code team
• Delve project
• OpenAI/Anthropic
• GitHub Copilot

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Made with ❤️ by Yashwanth Nandam

Co Debugger AI - Intelligent debugging for the modern developer