Context Mentions

Type @ in chat to pull in context from your workspace instead of copy-pasting it yourself.

Needs an index first

Set an embedding model (xpreiIDE: Select Embedding Model, e.g. ollama-local::nomic-embed-text) and run xpreiIDE: Rebuild Codebase Index once. The index updates automatically as you edit and save files.

• @codebase <question> — semantic search across your whole indexed workspace; the model gets back the most relevant chunks of code.
• @file:src/x.ts — inline one specific file in full.

No index needed

These read live workspace state on demand:

• @currentFile — inline the active editor’s live buffer (including unsaved changes), the same way @file: would.
• @symbol:<name> — inline a function/class’s full source, up to 3 best matches, e.g. @symbol:budgetContext explain this. Needs a language extension installed for that file’s language.
• @open — inline every file you currently have open in an editor tab, including background tabs.
• @problems — inline the current error/warning diagnostics for your open files.
• @diff — inline your current git diff (staged and unstaged changes combined).
• @commits — inline the last 10 commits’ metadata (hash, date, author, subject line) — no diffs, just history for context.
• @terminal:<command> — run a shell command and inline its output, e.g. why did this fail @terminal:npm test. You’ll be asked to confirm before it runs. Must be the last thing in your message — everything after the colon is treated as the command.
• @url:<address> — fetch a public web page and inline its content (HTML stripped to readable text). Addresses that resolve to your own machine or local network are silently blocked for safety.
• @search:<text> — inline up to 50 workspace hits for an exact, case-insensitive substring. Single-token only in this version.
• @repomap — a lightweight, regex-based overview of exported/public symbols across your TypeScript/JavaScript/Python files.
• @os — one line describing your platform, architecture, and OS release.

Combining mentions

You can combine any of these in one message, e.g. @diff @problems review my changes. If the context you bring in is large, xpreiIDE automatically trims it to fit your model’s context window, prioritizing explicit requests (@file:, @url:, …) over broader/lower- confidence ones (@codebase search hits).