Autopilot - Using GPT to Work on Entire Codebases

Autopilot is an AI tool that utilizes GPT to read a codebase, create context, and solve tasks that you request.

Features

CreateSummaries script:

📚 Reads all relevant files in the project (you can choose what file extensions you want)
🧠 Creates a summary (using GPT AI API) representing a mental model for each file, allowing the app to work on larger codebases that wouldn't fit GPT's context window
💾 Saves the summary next to each file with a .ai.txt extension for later use
👀 A watcher continuously updates files that have been modified

🖥️ UI script:

🧩 Takes into account the TASK and retrieves all the summary files (.ai.txt)
🤖 Uses GPT AI API to identify relevant files for the task based on the summaries
📁 Retrieves the source code of each relevant file and sends it to GPT to obtain the necessary context
💾 Temporarily saves the output of each file
🔧 Sends the saved output to GPT and requests the required changes to complete the TASK
📋 Creates a .md file containing the suggestions to accomplish the TASK, along with the source code that can be used

🛠️ Installation

Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/fjrdomingues/autopilot.git inside of an existing project where you want to use autopilot
Do cd autopilot to install dependencies: npm install
cd .. to go back to the root of the project
Set up an OpenAI API key and update the .env file with the key: OPENAI_API_KEY=<your-api-key>
Update const ignoreList = ['node_modules', 'autopilot', 'coverage', 'public', '__tests__'] and const fileExtensionsToProcess = ['.js', '.tsx', '.ts', '.jsx'] in the file createSummaryOfFiles.js to match the files extension that you want AI to analyze.
Run node ./autopilot/createSummaryOfFiles.js ./ --all to create a summary of all files (it will also start a watcher at the end for file changes)
Run node ./autopilot/ui.js to input a task and get the AI to give you a solution

Usage

To use the code summarization tool, follow these steps:

Navigate to the ui.js file and run it: node ui.js
Follow the prompts to provide the necessary input, including the task to complete and the relevant files
The summarization tool will process the selected files and provide suggestions for the given task
Solutions will be saved in a suggestions folder inside the project directory. You can view them with a .md viewer tool.

Components

createSummaryOfFiles.js: Manages the code summarization process for JavaScript and TypeScript files
gpt.js: Implements the interaction with the OpenAI API to generate responses based on provided prompts
ui.js: Handles the user interface (UI) interaction and utilizes the GPT-based summaries to complete tasks

🤝 Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please submit pull requests to the repository, and ensure your changes align with the project's goals and guidelines. Together, we can make Autopilot an even more powerful and efficient tool for developers!

nate2427/autopilot