Assistant Lands in Console

[samclark2015]

Assistant and Console are two of Positron's defining features, and with the 2025.09 release they integrate even deeper to streamline your coding experience. Assistant is now ready to help with any errors you encounter in the Console!

Tracebacks get two new options, ✨Fix & ✨Explain. Clicking on these options sends your session to Assistant, which then automatically gets to work on a solution. Assistant automatically receives all the context it needs to help: the traceback you're troubleshooting, your recent code inputs, and the active file, so you don't have to manually copy and paste this information!

Note

These features are still evolving, and we'd love your feedback on them! To try them out, enable the positron.assistant.consoleActions.enable setting in Positron.

✨Fix

Fix does what it implies: it summons Assistant to diagnose and propose a fix for the code you're running. You can run the suggested code directly in the Console, or apply the fix in an Editor if you're coding in files. Assistant will look at the traceback to see where the error originates, and let you know if the fix should be applied to a file instead of in the Console. With Fix, Assistant takes the lead and gives you a short and sweet resolution, without too much fluff — just a one or two line explanation.

✨Explain

Explain takes a different approach: instead of having Assistant debug and resolve the error itself, it will instead provide you with a detailed analysis of what the code is doing and possible paths towards a solution. This is great for when you're working on a domain-specific problem, or want to be more hands-on with the fix; it gives you, the user, more freedom to troubleshoot on your own. Think of it as a pairing partner right in the Console!

We want your feedback!

We've heard the excitement for both Assistant and the Console, and this is just the first step towards bringing them even closer together. Please give Assistant's Fix & Explain a try in the Console, and leave any ideas or feedback in this discussion!