gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant

Name: gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant
Author: 2nv2u

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Artificial intelligence LLM chat integration and MCP server exposing the shell environment

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Gnome Shell - AI Assistant

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Artificial intelligence LLM chat integration and MCP server exposing the shell environment.

Featuring:

Background webview with tootle panel button
Selecting text allows you to send it to the LLM (No need to copy furst)
Window context prompt options
Panel context prompt options

Roadmap:

Add screenshot support (paste screenshot of windows and screen to be analyzed)
Add more LLM's
Add MCP server for controlling the shell and provide more context for the desktop

Important Notice: Be cautious what you share with the online AI chat bots, consider running your LLM's locally using Open WebUI (https://openwebui.com/) and Ollama (https://ollama.com/).

Installation from gnome extension website

https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/8224/ai-assistant/

Manual installation

git clone https://github.com/2nv2u/gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant.git
./gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant/install.sh
Restart shell or log out & log in

Debugging during development

clear && export G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all && dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --devkit --wayland | grep ai-assistant

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