PAI-CODE

Private Coding Assistant

AI pair programming that keeps your source code in-house.

Give your developers the productivity of an AI coding assistant without sending a line of source code outside the company. Completion, chat, code review and agentic tasks run inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and the terminal, powered by open-weight coding models on your appliance and governed by your own access rules.

Code editor with an inline AI suggestion and a chat panel explaining a function using references from the repository
Illustration ยท Inline suggestions and repo-aware chat, served by models on your appliance.

01The challenge

Source code is your most valuable, least protected asset.

Cloud coding assistants send code context to external servers. For proprietary systems, integrations and customer projects, that is often not acceptable. A private coding assistant keeps the benefit and removes the exposure.

02Capabilities

What it does.

Inline completion

Context-aware suggestions as developers type, in the editor they already use.

Repo-aware chat

Ask how a module works or where a function is used. Answers draw on an index of your own repositories.

Code review and summaries

Explain changes, suggest improvements and draft pull-request descriptions.

Tests and documentation

Generate unit tests, docstrings and README updates for existing code.

Agentic tasks with approval

Multi-step changes planned and executed in the IDE or terminal, with a developer approving each step.

Governed access

Single sign-on, per-team model access, usage reporting and a full audit trail.

03How it works

From question to answer, inside your walls.

Open-weight coding models served through a private, OpenAI-compatible gateway, with open-source IDE extensions such as Continue and Cline for VS Code and JetBrains, plus terminal clients for agentic work.

Inside your walls
  1. 01IDE and terminalVS Code, JetBrains, CLI
  2. 02Private gatewaySSO, policy, audit
  3. 03Repository indexStays on-premise
  4. 04Coding modelServed on the appliance
  5. 05SuggestionDeveloper reviews and accepts
No prompts, files or results leave the appliance
  1. 01

    Install the IDE extension

    Open-source extensions for VS Code and JetBrains, or a terminal client, point at your private endpoint.

  2. 02

    Sign in

    Developers authenticate with single sign-on; access follows team and project rules.

  3. 03

    Index your repositories

    Selected repositories are indexed on the appliance for repo-aware answers.

  4. 04

    Code with AI

    Completion, chat, review and agentic tasks are served by coding models on your hardware.

  5. 05

    Measure and govern

    Usage and adoption are reported per team, with every request auditable.

04A day with the assistant

What developers actually ask it.

The assistant is most valuable on your own code, where public tools cannot safely go.

Explain

Walk me through how the order allocation service reserves stock, and where it can fail.

Test

Write unit tests for the costing module, covering currency rounding edge cases.

Review

Review this pull request for security issues and summarise the change for the release notes.

Modernise

Document this legacy ERP customisation and propose a refactor into smaller functions.

05Use cases

Where it pays off first.

Onboarding to large codebases

New developers ask questions of the code instead of waiting for a senior engineer.

Legacy modernisation

Understand, document and refactor older systems and ERP customisations safely.

ERP, MES and integration work

Faster development of connectors and internal tools around core business systems.

Test coverage

Raise coverage on critical modules without slowing delivery.

Secure code review

Spot risky patterns before they reach production, on-premise.

Documentation that stays current

Generate and refresh technical documentation from the code itself.

06Security and governance

Controls built in, not bolted on.

Every Logic Sonata system runs on hardware you control, with access, audit and data boundaries designed in from the start.

  • Code and prompts processed only on your infrastructure
  • Repository index stored on the appliance
  • Per-team access to models and repositories
  • Agentic actions require developer approval
  • Full audit trail of requests
  • Model choice without vendor lock-in

Free whitepaper

Private AI Coding Assistants

Developer productivity without exposing your source code.

  • The hidden cost of cloud coding tools
  • Architecture of a private assistant
  • Governance and measurement
  • Rollout plan for engineering teams

07FAQ

Questions about PAI-CODE.

How does it compare with cloud coding assistants?

For everyday completion, explanation and test writing, current open coding models perform well. The difference is control: your code never leaves the company. We benchmark against your own tasks during the pilot.

Which IDEs are supported?

VS Code and JetBrains IDEs through open-source extensions, plus terminal-based clients for agentic workflows.

Can we choose the model?

Yes. The platform is model-independent, so we select coding models to suit your languages, hardware and licence requirements, and can change them later.

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