AI glossary · Agents and automation
AI coding assistant
An AI coding assistant helps programmers write, explain, fix and test code, either by suggesting lines as they type or by completing whole tasks as an agent.
Also called AI code generator, coding copilot, coding agent
In more detail
Assistants range from autocomplete inside a code editor to agents that read a whole project, make changes across many files and run tests. Examples include GitHub Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code.
They speed up routine work, but developers remain responsible for reviewing what the AI writes, especially for security.
Related terms
Vibe codingVibe coding is building software by describing what you want in plain language and letting AI write and fix the code, often without reading it closely.AI agentAn AI agent is an AI system that works toward a goal on its own, planning steps, using tools like search or apps, and checking its progress along the way.Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft Copilot is Microsoft’s AI assistant, available as a chat app and built into Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel and Outlook.ClaudeClaude is a family of AI models and an AI assistant made by Anthropic, used for writing, analysis, coding and working with long documents.
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