Gemini Code Assist is a business-focused AI coding assistant with agent controls, private-code retrieval in Enterprise, and broad Google Cloud workflow support.
Editorial score
Strong in-editor assistance spanning completion, chat, tests, debugging, documentation, and multi-file proposals.
Individual-tier IDE extension and CLI access stopped serving requests in June 2026.
Gemini Code Assist is Google’s business-focused AI coding assistant for teams working in supported IDEs and Google Cloud. It covers everyday completion and chat alongside multi-file agent work, private-code retrieval in Enterprise, GitHub pull-request review, and configurable execution controls. Its clearest fit is a Google Cloud organization that can use Standard or Enterprise; individual-tier IDE extension and CLI access ended in June 2026.
Gemini Code Assist is an AI-powered development assistant for building, deploying, and operating applications. Its business editions are Standard and Enterprise: Standard focuses on IDE coding assistance, while Enterprise adds private repository customization and broader Google Cloud support. The product goes beyond editor completion into Cloud Shell, Cloud Workstations, Android Studio, Firebase, BigQuery, databases, Cloud Run, Apigee, and Application Integration.
Generated output can be plausible but factually incorrect, so teams should validate it before use.
Gemini Code Assist supports completion, generation, transformations, explanations, debugging help, unit test generation, documentation help, and chat. Chat can use selected snippets, terminal output, named files and folders, and local workspace context. It can propose multi-file changes for developers to preview and accept or reject.
Agent mode targets multi-step tasks such as feature development, refactoring, migrations, performance optimization, and issue resolution. Enterprise can retrieve relevant material from indexed private repositories on GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. Google verifies support across languages including Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, C++, C#, Rust, Kotlin, SQL, and YAML.
Agent mode can present a plan before work starts and, by default, request permission for filesystem-changing and other mutating operations. Developers can inspect diffs, accept or reject individual changes, complete files, or multi-file suggestions, and revert eligible chat-generated changes to a checkpoint.
In VS Code, core-tool allowlists and denylists can restrict tools and specific commands. Auto-approval and yolo mode reduce confirmations, but external-resource changes cannot be undone through agent mode. GitHub review settings can also control review timing, severity, comment limits, excluded paths, and style guidance.
Supported interfaces include VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Cloud Shell Editor, Cloud Workstations, Android Studio, Gemini CLI, Google Cloud CLI, Kubernetes Resource Model interfaces, and GitHub. Teams can add project instructions through GEMINI.md files; IntelliJ also supports AGENT.md. MCP servers can extend agent-mode tools.
You can exclude files from local context with .aiexclude or .gitignore. Standard and Enterprise treat prompts, responses, relevant file snippets, conversation history, and cursor location as Customer Data; the services are stateless and do not use customer data to train models without permission. Agent mode is available in both VS Code and IntelliJ, but granular built-in tool configuration is currently limited to VS Code.
Gemini Code Assist is best suited to teams already working in Google Cloud or in supported VS Code and JetBrains environments. Standard fits organizations with basic coding needs and strict data-security or compliance requirements. Enterprise fits larger organizations that need private-source-repository customization, complex development workflows, and broader Google Cloud assistance.
Buyers should plan for edition and surface differences, validate generated output, and retain review gates for agent actions. It is not currently available as an individual-tier IDE extension or for CLI access, which stopped serving requests on June 18, 2026.
Where the product fits — and where to be careful
Strong fit
Strong fit for Enterprise
Gemini Code Assist spans IDEs, terminal workflows, GitHub, and Google Cloud surfaces, with project-context files, context exclusions, MCP support, and private-code customization. Agent mode and granular controls vary by IDE.
The product combines completion, generation, chat, transformations, multi-file proposals, and agentic tasks. Enterprise adds indexed private-repository retrieval for repository-aware assistance.
Developers can approve plans and mutating operations, inspect and accept or reject diffs, use checkpoints for eligible chat changes, and configure VS Code tool allowlists and denylists.
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Gemini Code Assist uses per-user subscriptions with monthly billing and monthly or 12-month commitment terms. New subscriptions for billing accounts without an active subscription require contacting Google Cloud sales.
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
Standard | $22.80 per user per month, or $19 per user per month with a 12-month commitment monthly | IDE-focused business coding assistance. |
Enterprise | $54 per user per month, or $45 per user per month with a 12-month commitment monthly | Business edition with private-repository customization and broader Google Cloud support. |
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Recent product and company updates
Sales-assisted purchasing change for new subscriptions
New subscriptions for billing accounts without an active Gemini Code Assist subscription can no longer be purchased through the Google Cloud console; those customers must contact Google Cloud sales.
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