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This is great, My 2 cents since I see a Boolean:

what if that setting were an enum every operator started with AiMode::Off so we can consciously opt-in, plus then Zed could have more AI Mode levels besides just on or off?

Maybe there could be a level for experienced programmers and another level for vibe coders, and prompts / permissions could be set accordingly?



That's basically the case when you have AI mode on in Zed today.

The four AI features in Zed (that I'm aware of) are:

* autocomplete -- this can be turned on and off separately from the AI features toggle, and can be put into 'subtle' mode, where you have to hold a key to see the completions.

* inline AI editing -- only activated by hitting ctrl-enter, otherwise you'll never see it.

* agent/chat editing -- you can disable the right-side chat panel, and you'll never see/use this.

* AI generated commit messages -- there's a button you hit in the commit message panel to activate this.




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