Stop Copy-Pasting Errors into ChatGPT — Use AI That Knows Your Backend Stack

#ai #vscode #workspai #debugging

Workspai's AI Debug Actions feed structured workspace context to the language model — project type, installed modules, Python version, health status. The result: debugging suggestions that actually apply to your setup.

You know the loop.

1. Error appears in FastAPI service
2. Open ChatGPT/Claude/Copilot Chat
3. Paste traceback
4. Type: "I'm using FastAPI 0.115, Python 3.12, SQLAlchemy 2.0, 
         repository pattern, RapidKit workspace..."
5. Get generic answer
6. Iterate

Steps 3-4 are manual reconstruction of context your IDE already has.

Here's how we closed that loop in Workspai.

What the AI Actually Receives

When you click a debug action on a diagnostic error, Workspai sends this to the language model:

{
  "project_type": "fastapi.standard",
  "python_version": "3.12.3",
  "installed_modules": ["jwt-auth", "redis-cache"],
  "rapidkit_cli_version": "0.25.4",
  "rapidkit_core_version": "0.3.9",
  "error": {
    "message": "AttributeError: 'NoneType' object ...",
    "file": "src/users/services/user_service.py",
    "line": 47
  },
  "workspace_health": "warning: Redis not running"
}

Not raw text. Structured context. The model's first response is already grounded in your setup.

Two Editor Surfaces

In any Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, or Go file with diagnostics:

Click the lightbulb → you'll see:

✦ Debug with Workspai AI — opens AI modal with error + full workspace context pre-filled
✦ Explain error with AI — plain-language explanation tailored to your stack

Both appear in the standard VS Code Code Actions menu — no new panel, no context switch.

Doctor Fix with AI

The Workspace Health sidebar runs a system check. When it finds an issue:

⚠️ Redis not reachable
Module: redis-cache (installed in auth-api)
Expected: localhost:6379
Status: connection refused

There's now a ✨ button. Click it. The AI gets the full failure context — module name, expected config, error type — and tells you exactly how to fix it for your specific workspace setup.

No more: Google → StackOverflow → "does this apply to me?" → iterate.

The Tech

Uses GitHub Copilot's vscode.lm API locally. No separate key. No data beyond what Copilot normally sends. Configurable model (modern Copilot/GitHub lineup, including GPT-5 family, GPT-4.1/4o, and Claude Sonnet family, depending on account access).