Developing AI Integration in Domain Specific Tools with Theia AI

Presented by Philip Langer virtually at TheiaCon 2024.

As AI integration becomes standard in modern IDEs, domain-specific tools often lag behind due to the complexity of implementing advanced AI features. However, Theia AI changes this by simplifying the process, unlocking immense potential for AI-enhanced domain-specific tools.

Theia AI, an AI integration framework shipped as part of Eclipse Theia, takes care of the recurring challenges like LLM communication, interactive chat models, prompt configuration, function calling, and context augmentation, allowing developers to focus on domain-specific functionality with full control over their AI integration.

In this talk, we’ll showcase how Theia AI empowers developers to build AI-enhanced tools, from selecting the right LLM for a task, designing multi-turn prompt flows, to making the AI responses interactive and actionable with tool-specific buttons. Through hands-on demos and code examples, we’ll demonstrate AI integration in custom tools and editors, including diagram editors with Eclipse GLSP, and share best practices we’ve learned from diverse customer projects. Discover how Theia AI streamlines AI integration and frees you from vendor lock-ins.