Codey for Code Chat

codechat-bison is the name of the model that supports code chat. It's a foundation model that supports multi-turn conversations that are specialized for code. The model allows developers to chat with a chatbot for help with code-related questions. The code chat Codey API is used to interface with the codechat-bison model. The Codey APIs are in the PaLM API family.

The Codey API for code chat is ideal for code tasks that are completed with back-and-forth interactions so you can engage in a continuous conversation. For code tasks that require a single interaction, use the Codey API for code completion or the Codey API for code generation.

Some common used cases for code chat are:

• Get help about code: Get help with questions you have about code, such as questions about an API, syntax in a supported programming language, or which version of a library is required for code you're writing.
• Debugging: Get help with debugging code that doesn't compile or that contains a bug.
• Documentation: Get help understanding code so you can document it accurately.
• Learn about code: Get help learning about code you're not familiar with.

Get started

You can use Vertex AI Studio to experiment with the codechat-bison model in the Google Cloud console. The codechat-bison model also supports Python.

Supported coding languages

The Codey APIs support the following programming languages:

• Go
• GoogleSQL
• Java
• JavaScript
• Python
• TypeScript

Supported code infrastructure interfaces

The Codey API support the following infrastructure as code interfaces:

• Google Cloud CLI
• Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM)
• Terraform

Setup the Codey API for code chat

To use the Codey API for code chat in the Google Cloud console, open it in Vertex AI Studio. To use the code chat model programmatically, create a curl command to submit a prompt to the codechat-bison model.

The following is an example of a curl command for a code chat conversation in which the user requests a function to return the minimum of two numbers.

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