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InvAit - Local AI Chat and agent for Visual Studio

Secure Visual Studio 2022/2026 extension with local and private AI agent support.

VS 2022+ .NET Framework 4.8 .NET Standard 2.0 .NET 10 Code Coverage License GitHub Release

🔐 Security & Privacy

  • Local First: No code leaves your machine by default.
  • Private AI: Native support for local LLMs (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM).
  • Control: You define the endpoint and API keys. No telemetry.

✨ Key Features

  • Integrated Chat: Tool window running directly inside Visual Studio.
  • Autonomous Agent: Can read files, execute terminal commands, git operations, and apply code changes.

🚀 Setup

Installation

Option 1: Manual

  • Download the VSIX from Releases.
  • Install the VSIX
  • Main menu View - Other Windows - InvAit Chat

Option 2: MarketPlace

Configuration

Local (Recommended)

Server Run description Endpoint
FoundryLocal 
winget install Microsoft.FoundryLocal
foundry service set --port 22334
foundry model run qwen2.5-coder-7b
 http://localhost:22334
LM Studio install / download model / start local server http://localhost:1234
Olama install / download model http://localhost:11434

Remote / Self-Hosted

  • Endpoint: URL of your OpenAI-compatible provider.
  • Key: Your API Key
Server Run description Endpoint
OmniRoute in terminal install
npm install -g omniroute
run
omniroute		 http://localhost:20128
OpenRouter sing in / pay / use https://openrouter.ai/api
Siliconflow sing in / pay / use https://api.siliconflow.com

Important

/v1 at the end of the endpoint does not need to be specified. It will be automatically deleted and that's normal.

🛠 Capabilities

Category Tools
Files Read, Create, Search, Apply Diff
Project Build, Get Errors, Run tests, Inspect Structure
Git Status, Log, Diff, Branch Info
System Execute Shell Commands
MCP %USERPROFILE%\.agents\mcp.json
Skills global %USERPROFILE%\.agents\skills
local \.agents\skills
Rules global %USERPROFILE%\.agents\rules.md
local \.agents\rules.md
AGENTS.md load file content in system prompt

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Architecture

Part Description
Extension VS SDK (.NET Framework 4.8) handles system operations.
UI Blazor WebAssembly (.NET 10) hosted in WebView2.
Bridge JSON-RPC communication between UI and VS Host.

📦 Requirements

  • Visual Studio: 2022 (17.14+) or 2026 (18.0+)
  • Runtimes: .NET Framework 4.8, .NET 10 SDK

📄 License MIT

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Extension for Visual Studio 2022/2026. Adds a simple chat with the LLM model.

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