WebAI

WebAI is a revolutionary ecosystem that bridges the gap between your premium consumer web AI subscriptions and your developer tools. Instead of paying expensive per-token API fees on top of your existing subscriptions (like Gemini Advanced or ChatGPT Plus), WebAI hooks directly into your web browser session, allowing you to bring your existing consumer plans natively into your IDE.

While it currently features a powerful VS Code extension for Google Gemini, WebAI will soon expand across other environments and support multiple leading AI platforms.

Features

• Zero API Keys (Bring Your Own Subscription): Why pay twice? WebAI's killer feature is its ability to utilize your active web session cookies. If you have a premium subscription on the web, you automatically have it in your IDE. Zero developer API keys required.
• Unrestricted Agentic AI: The autonomous agent can read files, write code, search your workspace, and run terminal commands to test and compile code on your behalf. There is absolutely no iteration limit, meaning the agent will keep working until your task is completely finished.
• Premium User Interface: Enjoy a stunning, modern dark-mode aesthetic with vibrant linear gradients, glassmorphism UI elements, dynamic micro-animations, and custom scrollbars that perfectly handle narrow widths.
• Multi-Provider Support: Seamlessly switch between leading AI models (Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude) directly from the sidebar.
• Context-Aware: The agent automatically has access to your workspace structure and can read open files to understand your context.
• Advanced Chat Persistence: Your chat history is saved flawlessly across window reloads and restarts, featuring a dedicated slide-out history panel to manage and switch between past sessions.
• Professional AI Tone: The AI is strictly instructed to maintain a clean, professional, and emoji-free conversational tone.

⚠️ Disclaimer: WebAI utilizes your personal web session cookies to communicate with AI platforms. Automating web sessions is technically an unofficial workaround and may violate the Terms of Service of platforms like Google. Use this tool responsibly at your own risk, or consider using a secondary/burner account to be absolutely safe.

Installation

Since WebAI is not yet available on the VS Code Marketplace, you will need to install it manually using the provided .vsix file:

1. Download the latest webai-agent.vsix file from the Releases section of this repository.
2. Open Visual Studio Code.
3. Open the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X or Cmd+Shift+X on Mac).
4. Click on the three dots ... (Views and More Actions) in the top right corner of the Extensions view.
5. Select "Install from VSIX..." from the dropdown menu.
6. Locate and select the downloaded webai-agent.vsix file.

Setup Instructions

Google Gemini Setup

1. Once the extension is installed, open your web browser and navigate to gemini.google.com.
2. Log into your Google account.
3. Open your browser's Developer Tools (F12) -> Application/Storage tab -> Cookies.
4. Copy the values of the __Secure-1PSID and __Secure-1PSIDTS cookies.
5. In VS Code, open Settings and search for webai.
6. Paste the cookie values into the respective fields.
7. Open the WebAI sidebar and start coding!

ChatGPT Setup

1. In the WebAI sidebar, click the Provider button at the top and select ChatGPT from the dropdown menu.
2. Send your first message in the chat panel.
3. The extension will automatically launch a dedicated Chrome browser window navigating to ChatGPT.
4. If you are not logged in, the extension will pause and ask you to log in to your OpenAI account. Once you log in, the extension will automatically resume.
5. The Chrome window will remain open in the background, automatically typing your prompts and returning the AI's responses directly to VS Code. DO NOT close this browser window while using the extension!

Claude Setup

1. In the WebAI sidebar, click the Provider button at the top and select Claude from the dropdown menu.
2. Send your first message in the chat panel.
3. The extension will automatically launch a dedicated Chrome browser window navigating to claude.ai.
4. If you are not logged in, the extension will pause and ask you to log in to your Anthropic account.
5. Just like ChatGPT, the Chrome window will remain open in the background to handle your prompts. DO NOT close this browser window while using the extension!