GitLab Duo

GitLab Duo is a suite of AI-powered features that assist you while you work in GitLab. These features aim to help increase velocity and solve key pain points across the software development lifecycle.

GitLab Duo features are available in IDE extensions and the GitLab UI. Some features are also available as part of GitLab Duo Chat.

GitLab is transparent. As GitLab Duo features mature, the documentation will be updated to clearly state how and where you can access these features.

View a walkthrough of GitLab Duo Enterprise features.

Generally available features

GitLab Duo Chat

• Help you write and understand code faster, get up to speed on the status of projects, and quickly learn about GitLab by answering your questions in a chat window.
• LLMs: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Anthropic Claude 3 Haiku, and Vertex AI Search. The LLM depends on the question asked. For more information, see the Duo Chat examples. For self-managed, the models also depend on your GitLab version. For the most benefit, use the latest GitLab version whenever possible.
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Discussion Summary

• Helps everyone get up to speed by summarizing the lengthy conversations in an issue.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Code Suggestions

• Helps you write code more efficiently by generating code and showing suggestions as you type.
• LLMs for code completion:
  • Vertex AI Codey code-gecko.
  • Vertex AI Codestral. Codestral does not involve any additional third-party LLM subprocessing because it is hosted entirely within Google Vertex AI.
• LLM for code generation: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet.
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Code Explanation

• Helps you understand the selected code by explaining it more clearly.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
• View documentation for explaining code in:
  • The IDE.
  • A file.
  • A merge request.

Test Generation

• Helps catch bugs early by generating tests for the selected code.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Refactor Code

• Improve or refactor the selected code.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Fix Code

• Fix quality problems such as bugs or typos in the selected code.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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GitLab Duo for the CLI

• glab duo ask helps you discover or recall git commands when and where you need them.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3 Haiku
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Merge Commit Message Generation

• Helps you merge more quickly by generating meaningful commit messages.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Root Cause Analysis

• Helps you determine the root cause for a CI/CD job failure by analyzing the logs.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Vulnerability Explanation

• Helps you understand vulnerabilities, how they can be exploited, and how to fix them.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3 Haiku
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AI Impact Dashboard

• Measure the AI effectiveness and impact on SDLC metrics.
• Visualize which metrics improved as a result of investments in AI.
• Compare the performance of teams that are using AI against teams that are not using AI.
• Track the progress of AI adoption.
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Beta features

Self-Hosted Models

Use your own language models to power AI features in GitLab. Code Suggestions and Duo Chat are supported.

You can use language model vendors provided by GitLab or fully manage language models in your self-hosted environment.

• Use GitLab model vendors: Connect with default external model providers, like Google Vertex AI or Anthropic, by using the GitLab-managed AI gateway.
• Host your own models: Deploy and manage your own AI gateway and language models in your infrastructure, without depending on GitLab-provided external language providers.
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Merge Request Summary

• Helps populate a merge request more quickly by generating a description based on the code changes.
• LLM: Vertex AI Codey text-bison
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Vulnerability Resolution

• Help resolve a vulnerability by generating a merge request that addresses it.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Experimental features

Issue Description Generation

• Helps populate an issue more quickly by generating a more in-depth description, based on a short summary you provide.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3 Haiku
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Code Review

• Automated code review of the proposed changes in your merge request.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Code Review Summary

• Helps make merge request handover to reviewers easier by summarizing all the comments in a merge request review.
• LLM: Vertex AI Codey text-bison
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GitLab Duo Workflow

• Automate tasks and help increase productivity in your development workflow.
• LLM: Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet
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Disable GitLab Duo features for specific groups or projects or an entire instance

Disable GitLab Duo features by following these instructions.