AI Integrations in Salchipapa.Dots Neovim and Shell

AI tools are first-class citizens in Salchipapa.Dots. Neovim ships with six AI plugin specs — Avante, GitHub Copilot, CopilotChat, Gemini CLI, Claude Code, and CodeCompanion — and the shell layer adds CLI entry points for Gemini and Claude Code so the same models are available both inside and outside the editor.

Avante (Default AI Assistant) \

Avante is the primary AI assistant panel, providing a sidebar chat, inline code application, and auto-suggestions directly in Neovim. Plugin: yetone/avante.nvim

Provider configuration

provider = "copilot",
providers = {
  copilot = {
    model = "claude-sonnet-4",
  },
},
cursor_applying_provider = "copilot",
auto_suggestions_provider = "copilot",
behaviour = {
  enable_cursor_planning_mode = true,
},

The provider backend is GitHub Copilot, which relays requests to claude-sonnet-4. Both the cursor-applying provider and auto-suggestions provider point to the same Copilot backend, so all AI features share a single authenticated connection.

Setting	Value
`position`	`left`
`width`	`30` (percent of available width)
`file_selector.provider`	`snacks`
`sidebar_header.rounded`	`false`

Installation note

Avante requires a native build step. Lazy.nvim runs it automatically on install:

build = function()
  return "make"
end,

If you need to rebuild from source, pass BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=true:

make BUILD_FROM_SOURCE=true

Auto-resize fix

The configuration includes an AvanteResizeFix autocmd group that listens to VimResized, WinScrolled, WinResized, and FocusGained events. When the terminal is resized while the Avante sidebar has focus, the fix temporarily moves the cursor to a non-Avante window, allows the resize to complete, then restores focus — preventing layout corruption. Duplicate AvanteAsk and AvanteSelectedFiles panels are also cleaned up automatically.

Key bindings

Avante uses LazyVim’s default key map namespace under <leader>a. Common mappings:

Keymap	Action
`<leader>aa`	Open / toggle Avante sidebar
`<leader>ae`	Edit with Avante

The Avante system prompt is configured as a senior frontend architecture assistant with deep expertise in Angular, React, clean architecture, hexagonal architecture, and LazyVim tooling. It speaks in a direct, professional-yet-relaxed style and always grounds explanations in practical examples.

GitHub Copilot \

Plugins: zbirenbaum/copilot.lua and CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim GitHub Copilot serves two roles in this setup:

Avante backend — Copilot is the provider that Avante uses to route requests to Claude models.
CopilotChat — a dedicated chat interface for interactive Q&A, code review, refactoring, and documentation generation.

Copilot filetypes

Copilot inline suggestions are disabled for noise-prone file types to keep completions relevant:

filetypes = {
  yaml = false,
  markdown = false,
  help = false,
  gitcommit = false,
  gitrebase = false,
  hgcommit = false,
  svn = false,
  cvs = false,
  ["."] = false,
}

CopilotChat

CopilotChat opens a horizontal split with model = "claude-3.5-sonnet" and exposes a rich prompt library:

Prompt	Description
`Explain`	Explains how the selected code works
`Review`	Reviews code and suggests improvements
`Tests`	Generates unit tests for selected code
`Refactor`	Refactors for clarity and readability
`FixCode`	Fixes broken code
`FixError`	Explains and resolves errors
`Documentation`	Generates inline documentation
`JsDocs`	Generates JSDoc comments
`SwaggerApiDocs`	Generates Swagger API documentation

Open CopilotChat with :CopilotChat.

Gemini CLI \

Gemini is available both as a shell CLI and as a Neovim plugin.

Shell install

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

Verify the installation:

which gemini

Neovim plugin

Plugin: jonroosevelt/gemini-cli.nvim The plugin is conditionally enabled — it only loads when the gemini binary is present in PATH:

enabled = function()
  return vim.fn.executable("gemini") == 1
end,

To verify Neovim can see the binary, run inside Neovim:

:echo executable('gemini')

A return value of 1 means the plugin will load on next start.

Claude Code \

Claude Code is available as a shell CLI and as a terminal-integrated Neovim plugin.

Shell install

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Verify:

which claude

Neovim plugin

Plugin: coder/claudecode.nvim The plugin opens a terminal split on the left side using the snacks provider:

opts = {
  terminal = {
    split_side = "left",
    split_width_percentage = 0.30,
    provider = "snacks",
  },
},

Key bindings

Keymap	Action
`<leader>ac`	Toggle Claude Code terminal
`<leader>af`	Focus the Claude Code pane
`<leader>ar`	Resume last Claude Code session (`--resume`)
`<leader>aC`	Continue last conversation (`--continue`)
`<leader>am`	Select Claude model
`<leader>ab`	Add current buffer to context
`<leader>as` (visual)	Send selection to Claude
`<leader>aa`	Accept diff
`<leader>ad`	Deny diff
`<leader>at`	Continue recent conversation

When running inside tmux, set -g extended-keys always must be added to your tmux.conf for Shift+Enter to work correctly with Claude Code’s input handling.

CodeCompanion \

Plugin: olimorris/codecompanion.nvim CodeCompanion is a multi-model AI chat and inline assistant with agentic tool support, progress notifications, and a custom slash-command system.

Adapters (multi-model)

CodeCompanion is configured with three named Copilot-backed adapters so you can switch models mid-session:

Adapter name	Model
`copilot_4o`	`gpt-4o`
`copilot_41`	`gpt-4.1`
`copilot_gemini_25_pro`	`gemini-2.5-pro`

The default chat adapter is copilot.

Notifier

A codecompanion-notifier module initialises on startup and surfaces streaming progress in the status line, so long-running requests stay visible.

Agentic tool groups

Tool group	Tools included
`full_stack_dev`	`cmd_runner`, `editor`, `files`
`gentleman`	`cmd_runner`, `editor`, `files`

Both tool groups require user approval before running shell commands or modifying files.

Inline keymaps

Keymap	Mode	Action
`<leader>ac`	n / v	Toggle CodeCompanion chat
`<leader>an`	n / v	Open new chat
`<leader>aa`	n / v	Open actions picker
`ga`	v	Add selection to chat
`<leader>ae`	v	Explain selection
`ga`	n	Accept inline change
`gr`	n	Reject inline change

The cc command abbreviation maps to CodeCompanion for quick inline use:

:cc fix this function

Git files slash command

A custom /git_files slash command is available in chat sessions — it runs git ls-files and adds the result as a reference, giving the model context about what’s tracked in the repository.

All-in-one CLI install

Install all shell AI tools in one command:

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli @angular/cli @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Alternatively, choose “All (Gemini + Angular + Claude Code)” from the installer’s CLI menu when running install.sh.

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AI Integrations in Salchipapa.Dots Neovim and Shell

Avante (Default AI Assistant) \

Provider configuration

Sidebar layout

Installation note

Auto-resize fix

Key bindings

GitHub Copilot \

Copilot filetypes

CopilotChat

Gemini CLI \

Shell install

Neovim plugin

Claude Code \

Shell install

Neovim plugin

Key bindings

CodeCompanion \

Adapters (multi-model)

Notifier

Agentic tool groups

Inline keymaps

Git files slash command

All-in-one CLI install

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Get Started

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Terminal & Multiplexer

Neovim

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Documentation Index

​Avante (Default AI Assistant) \

​Provider configuration

​Sidebar layout

​Installation note

​Auto-resize fix

​Key bindings

​GitHub Copilot \

​Copilot filetypes

​CopilotChat

​Gemini CLI \

​Shell install

​Neovim plugin

​Claude Code \

​Shell install

​Neovim plugin

​Key bindings

​CodeCompanion \

​Adapters (multi-model)

​Notifier

​Agentic tool groups

​Inline keymaps

​Git files slash command

​All-in-one CLI install

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Avante (Default AI Assistant) \

Provider configuration

Sidebar layout

Installation note

Auto-resize fix

Key bindings

GitHub Copilot \

Copilot filetypes

CopilotChat

Gemini CLI \

Shell install

Neovim plugin

Claude Code \

Shell install

Neovim plugin

Key bindings

CodeCompanion \

Adapters (multi-model)

Notifier

Agentic tool groups

Inline keymaps

Git files slash command

All-in-one CLI install