CodeBuddy

Support: pay-as-you-go Xiaoku APIs are supported.

Install the CLI

Node.js 18+ is required.

npm install -g @codebuddy-ai/codebuddy-cli

Check: codebuddy --version

Configure

Option 1 (CLI, recommended)

codebuddy config set provider openai
codebuddy config set api-key XIAOKU_API_KEY
codebuddy config set base-url https://api-ai.xiaoku.ai/v1
codebuddy config set model deepseek-v4-pro

Option 2 (interactive)

Run codebuddy auth, choose the OpenAI provider, and enter the settings when prompted.

Use

Run codebuddy to start, or codebuddy --tui for TUI mode.

VS Code extension

Search the VS Code marketplace for the CodeBuddy extension and install it. Add this to settings.json:

{
  "codebuddy.apiKey": "XIAOKU_API_KEY",
  "codebuddy.baseUrl": "https://api-ai.xiaoku.ai/v1",
  "codebuddy.model": "deepseek-v4-pro"
}