Clippy

Open-source programming assistant that plans, writes, debugs, and tests code

Overview

Clippy is an open-source AI programming assistant. Its project description says it can plan, write, debug, and test some projects autonomously, while allowing users to work with it interactively. The implementation and setup are available in a public GitHub repository.

Key features

Project planning
Code generation
Debugging assistance
Test execution
Interactive development workflow
Autonomous task handling

Use cases

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Last updated 2026-09-16