Using AI

How to: Use AI

Install and activate extensions to chat with AI agents that perform actions on your behalf, such as editing files, running commands, or triggering builds.

The following table describes the AI-related extensions that you can use in Qt Creator.

ExtensionDescriptionRead More
ACP ClientUses the agent client protocol (ACP) to let you chat with AI agents that understand your codebase and perform actions on your behalf, such as editing files, running commands, or triggering builds. To trigger actions, you also need to activate the MCP Server extension.Use the ACP Client
GitHub CopilotIntegrates GitHub Copilot into Qt Creator. You can view suggestions from Copilot in the Edit mode.Use GitHub Copilot
MCP ServerLets AI assistants control Qt Creator over the model context protocol (MCP) to debug, build, and manage projects.Set up Qt Creator MCP server
Qt AI AssistantActs as a coding assistant when connected to a Large Language Model (LLM). It auto-completes your code, gives expert coding advice, suggests code fixes, as well as writes test cases and code documentation.Use Qt AI Assistant

See also How to: Use AI.