Create and Manage Conversations in Polyspace Copilot

Polyspace® Copilot provides capabilities powered by generative AI to assist in the use of Polyspace products and static analysis workflows.

Use Polyspace Copilot to assist you with Polyspace workflows and analysis review. Polyspace Copilot can:

  • Help with Polyspace configuration or product capabilities.

  • Explain Polyspace code analysis results.

  • Explain risks and fixes for Polyspace code analysis results.

  • Generate code suggestions to address Polyspace code analysis results.

Polyspace Copilot opens in the sidebar of Polyspace as You Code™ after you sign into your MathWorks® account.

Create and Manage Polyspace Copilot Conversations

Start conversations with Polyspace Copilot through the Polyspace Copilot pane or from results review panes while performing review of analysis results.

Create Conversations in the Polyspace Copilot Pane

You can create and manage conversations through the Polyspace Copilot pane.

  • Click the add a conversation icon to start a new general Polyspace Copilot conversation where you can ask questions regarding your code, coding standards, or Polyspace related questions.

  • Click the discard current conversation icon to close a conversation.

  • Click the manage conversation history icon to show a list of all active Polyspace Copilot conversations.

Create Conversations in Polyspace Copilot Using Polyspace Results

After you run a Polyspace as You Code analysis, results appear in the Problems pane. Select a result to view additional information about the result in the Result Details pane. The Result Details pane shows:

  • The specific coding rule violation or defect Polyspace identified

  • Additional information about the violation or defect such as the category of the violation and a description.

  • A code proposal to fix the violation or defect

  • A suggested justification that you can apply to the violation or defect

When the Polyspace Copilot icon appears in the Result Details pane, click the icon to create a Polyspace Copilot conversation. You can ask Polyspace Copilot for more information about the violation or defect and about the proposed fix.

Similarly, you can ask Polyspace Copilot about a Polyspace result in the code editor. After Polyspace as You Code completes an analysis, results are indicated in the code editor with a red underline. When you place your cursor on a red underline in the code editor, the show code actions icon appears next to the code. Click the icon and then select Chat with Polyspace Copilot for the coding rule or defect you are interested in. This creates a new conversation explaining the result and a generated code fix.

Provide Feedback

You can provide feedback about Polyspace Copilot generated responses by using the buttons at the top of every response.

Polyspace Chat response, showing thumbs up and thumbs down buttons.

If the generated feedback is helpful, click the thumbs-up icon . If the answer is unhelpful, click the thumbs-down icon . Clicking the thumbs-down icon opens a dialog box where you can provide additional feedback

Polyspace Copilot dialog box for providing additional feedback

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