Getting Started

Get Mitii AI Agent running in VS Code in a few minutes.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85 or later (Cursor and other VS Code forks work too)
• Node.js 20 or later
• A local or remote OpenAI-compatible LLM endpoint (Ollama recommended)

Install from source

git clone https://github.com/codewithshinde/thunder-ai-agent.git
cd thunder-ai-agent
npm install
npm run compile

Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host. Open a project folder, wait for indexing to finish (status bar in the Mitii sidebar), then start chatting.

Connect a model

1. Open Settings in the Mitii sidebar (or VS Code settings under Mitii AI Agent)
2. Set thunder.provider.type to openai-compatible
3. Point thunder.provider.baseUrl at your endpoint (default: http://localhost:11434/v1 for Ollama)
4. Set thunder.provider.model (default: qwen3-coder:30b)

Use the Echo provider for UI testing without an LLM. API keys are stored in VS Code SecretStorage via the settings UI.

First session

1. Open a trusted workspace folder
2. Wait for the indexing status bar to show completion
3. Choose a mode: Plan, Act, or Review
4. Ask about your codebase — mention files with @ for explicit context

Next steps

• Connect a model in detail
• Explore features
• Configure safety and indexing