AI Code Editor Integration

Local LLMs in Neovim: gen.nvim

Sources:

• Local LLMs in Neovim: gen.nvim - YouTube by David Kunz
• GitHub - David-Kunz/gen.nvim: Neovim plugin to generate text using LLMs with customizable prompts
• Demo of AI Assisted Coding in Neovim - YouTube (12.04 mark with Code Rewriting and Chat)

Summary: Integrate Mistral.ai 7B model, install it locally and use with Ollama, and how to use with Neovim extension gen.nvim created by David Kunz

• Mistral model: Comes in text and instruct, use instruct
• Install and run Ollama
• gen.nvim will invoke Ollama from Neovim
  • Call using :Gen
  • Example prompts like:
    • Correct grammar and spelling
    • Summarize text
    • Make concise
    • Make list
    • Make table for markdown
    • Ask question
    • Code
      • Review code
      • Change code
  • Create new prompts as needed
    • User input as variables
    • Can replace text or not with generated output

Usage

Description	Shortcut
Start	:Gen
Chat, Follow up in window	:Gen chat
Response, replace text	C-Enter
Select model	require(‘gen’).selectmodel() :

# Run without desktop app
ollama serve
## Default model setting for gen.nvim
ollama run mistral

## Run nvim and use :Gen

See Also

• AI Code Editor Integration - Tabby - Tabby - Open source self hosted AI coding assistant