Toolbox
The unified desktop application that orchestrates the entire CodeMate ecosystem from AI coding assistants to your personal developer dashboard.
Platform: Windows · macOS · Linux Download: app.codemate.ai/download
Overview
CodeMate Toolbox is the central orchestration layer for the CodeMate product suite. Rather than managing disparate developer tools across different interfaces, Toolbox brings every CodeMate product under a single desktop application letting you launch services, monitor your environment, manage credentials.
Toolbox is not just a launcher. It runs a local subsystem process that coordinates communication between the products (CORA and C0) and your IDE extension, handles authentication state across all products, and provides a fully customizable widget dashboard for monitoring what matters to you.
Installation
Toolbox is available as a native desktop application for all major operating systems. Download the build that matches your architecture from app.codemate.ai/download.
Windows
macOS
Linux
macOS note: On first launch, macOS may show a security prompt. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security and click "Open Anyway" to proceed.
Integrated Products
C0 (AI Coding Assistant)
CodeMate’s AI coding assistant, C0, is an IDE-native system designed to integrate directly into the developer workflow. It is orchestrated via the Toolbox subsystem, which enables full codebase indexing, contextual retrieval, and persistent knowledge. By leveraging this structured understanding of the repository, C0 supports a range of development tasks including code generation, debugging, static analysis, code review, and documentation synthesis. All interactions are exposed through a conversational interface within the IDE, eliminating the need for context switching.
CORA (Agentic Architect)
Cora is an IDE-native orchestration layer built on the CodeMate Toolbox subsystem that converts natural language prompts into structured, dependency-aware execution plans and implement them for you. Integrated with external tools via MCP servers and governed by project-specific and global Skills, Rules, and Workflows, Cora enables end-to-end application design, generation, and analysis through a conversational interface, without requiring context switching.
Build (Web App Builder)
A visual web application builder accessible directly from Toolbox. Build lets you prototype and ship web apps without leaving the CodeMate ecosystem, AI-assisted and fully integrated with your CodeMate account.
Developer Dashboard
Your personalized developer command center. Dashboard surfaces the metrics, tools, and data streams you care about through a widget system. Accessible from Toolbox with your CodeMate account.
Subsystem Management
The subsystem is the process that bridges Toolbox with your IDE extension, coordinating CORA and C0. It must be running for AI assistance in your editor to function. You manage it entirely from within Toolbox no terminal commands required.
Starting the subsystem
Open Toolbox and Click Start to initialize the local process. Toolbox will show a online status indicator once the subsystem is ready to accept IDE connections.
Recommended: set the subsystem to start automatically on Toolbox launch from Settings → Subsystem → Auto-start.
IDE extension connection
Once the subsystem is running, your IDE extension (VS Code or compatible editor) automatically connects to it. CORA and C0 become available in the editor sidebar. No additional configuration is needed if you're already logged in to Toolbox.
Stopping the subsystem
Click Stop in the Subsystem panel. This gracefully terminates all connected AI processes. Your IDE extension will show a disconnected state until the subsystem is restarted.
Dashboard & Widgets
Toolbox includes a built-in customizable dashboard. You choose which widgets appear and what data they surface. The dashboard persists your layout across sessions and is tied to your CodeMate account, so it follows you across devices.
Pre-built widgets
Clock
Displays current time; supports multiple time zones
Hacker News
Live feed of top Hacker News stories
GitHub Activity
Your GitHub contribution graph and recent events
CPU Activity
Real-time CPU usage graph
Memory Usage
System RAM utilization
Project Hub
Quick access to your indexed development projects
System Resources
Combined system health overview
Time Tracker
Track time spent on tasks and projects
Customizing the dashboard
Widgets can be added and removed from the personalize editor. Each widget exposes its own settings panel for configuration for example, the GitHub Activity widget connects to your GitHub account.
Quickstart Guide
Get from download to a working AI-assisted development environment in under five minutes.
Step 1 - Download and install Toolbox
Download the installer for your OS and architecture from app.codemate.ai/download. Run the installer and launch the application.
Step 2 - Sign in to your CodeMate account
Click the login button in the top-right corner of Toolbox. Your session will be shared across all integrated products automatically.
Step 3 - Start the subsystem
Go to the Subsystem panel and click Start. Wait for the status indicator to show a online status. This activates C0 and CORA.
Step 4 - Install the IDE extension
Install the CodeMate extension from the integrations panel in Toolbox, or from your editor's marketplace (VS Code or compatible editor). Once installed, the extension connects to the running subsystem automatically.
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