Neovate Code is an open-source terminal-based AI coding assistant developed by Neovate AI. It runs directly within developer workflows to assist with codebase inspection, editing, and automation tasks from the command line. In daily operation, Neovate Code provides an interactive CLI session with support for slash commands to manage interaction flow and context. It integrates with Anthropic Claude models, including Claude Sonnet, and supports multimodal input such as image reading and processing alongside source code files. Configuration can be managed via repository-level configuration files. A distinguishing feature of Neovate Code is its support for session forking using commands like /branch, allowing developers to split context paths and experiment with alternate implementations without losing prior discussion history. It also provides an extensible plugin architecture to customize agent behavior and add specialized tooling. Neovate Code is published as an open-source project on GitHub with active development and public repository contributions.
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