GitLab makes Duo Chat available to developers. This chatbot helps explain code, among other things, but also serves as an interface to start other advanced AI tasks.

GitLab makes Duo Chat generally available to customers. GitLab Duo Chat is a generative AI-powered chatbot designed to assist developers with various tasks. Three important skills can be used today:

• Explain code: Developers can provide code and Duo Chat will explain what exactly it does. This is intended to help you get started with unknown and poorly documented code.
• Optimization: GitLab Duo Chat can improve and modernize existing code.
• To test: The chatbot can automatically generate tests, allowing developers to identify problems more quickly.

General knowledge

The chatbot also serves as an interface to help with other matters. For example, you can activate a vulnerability scanner directly from the chat interface if it is not already the case. In addition, Duo Chat serves as general assistance. The bot is trained on data related to CI/CD and can help programmers with general knowledge of both DevSecOps and GitLab-specific features.

GitLab emphasizes that Duo Chat will no longer be trained on user data. Data protection is built in and the tool includes controls to determine who within the organization has access to something. GitLab Duo Chat is now available as part of GitLab Premium and Ultimate.