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1 - Core Agent Capabilities

Agent Workflow​

CodeVista follows a structured Plan → Act → Observe → Review workflow to handle development tasks. The Agent plans the required steps, performs actions, checks the results, and reviews changes before completing the task.

How the Agent Works​

  • Plan the task: Break the request into clear steps.
  • Take action: Read/edit files, search code, or run commands.
  • Observe results: Check outputs and identify issues.
  • Review changes: Verify the final result before completion.

Tool Calling​

Tool Calling allows CodeVista Agent to interact directly with the development environment instead of only providing text responses. It can use available tools to collect project information, analyze code, and perform required development actions.

Codebase Intelligence / Retrieval​

Codebase Intelligence helps CodeVista understand the user's project by retrieving relevant source code and project information. The Agent searches for related files, classes, functions and references instead of loading the entire repository into the context.

Cross-Surface Consistency​

Cross-Surface Consistency ensures that CodeVista provides a similar Agent experience across supported development environments. Core workflows, tools, context handling, and permission mechanisms are designed to behave consistently regardless of the interface being used.

Supported Surfaces​

  • VS Code Extension: Access CodeVista directly within VS Code.
  • CLI (In Development): Use Agent capabilities through command-line workflows.
  • Shared Agent behavior: Maintain consistent task execution logic across surfaces.
  • Shared permission model: Apply similar approval rules for Agent actions.

Permission Model​

The Permission Model allows users to control actions that CodeVista Agent performs on their development environment. Before performing actions that may modify files, execute commands, or access external resources, CodeVista can request user approval.