External Tool Guides

Use RedChat AI as a backend for your favourite coding assistants. Generate an API key, pick a tool, and follow the setup guide.

Step 1: Generate your API key

Before using any external tool you need a personal API key.

Manage API Key

Step 2: Choose a tool

Aider

Terminal-based AI pair-programming tool. Works inside any git repo.

CLI Git-aware

Cline

VS Code extension for autonomous AI coding with file editing and terminal access.

VS Code Agentic

Continue

VS Code extension with inline editing, chat sidebar, and tab-autocomplete.

VS Code Autocomplete

OpenCode

Terminal-based coding assistant with JSON configuration.

CLI JSON config