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Access Poolside

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Try your first prompt

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Prerequisites

  • Access to a Poolside instance URL. If you do not have an instance URL, contact your Poolside administrator.
  • One of the following:
    • Permission to install IDE extensions
    • Network access to the Poolside Web Assistant

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Access Poolside

  1. Install the Poolside Assistant extension for your IDE.
  2. Connect to your instance.
    1. Click the Poolside Assistant icon in the VS Code Status Bar, and then select Show Poolside Assistant.
    2. In the Poolside chat panel, click the Settings icon.
    3. In the Poolside Settings tab, set Poolside: URI to your Poolside instance URL.
    4. In the Poolside chat panel, click Sign in.
    5. Follow your organization’s sign-in process.
    If you don’t have an instance URL, contact your Poolside administrator.
    In some corporate environments, your IDE might require an SSL certificate to connect to Poolside. If applicable, contact your IT team for the certificate and installation instructions.

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Try your first prompt

To check that Poolside is working properly, type a first prompt in the chat window, for example: 
Provide me a function in python that checks if a number is prime.

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