gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant

# <img src="src/icons/application.svg" height="32"> Gnome Shell - AI Assistant  Artificial intelligence LLM chat integration and MCP server exposing the shell environment. Featuring: - Background webview with tootle panel button - Selecting text allows you to send it to the LLM (No need to copy furst) - Window context prompt options - Panel context prompt options Roadmap: - Add screenshot support (paste screenshot of windows and screen to be analyzed) - Add more LLM's - Add MCP server for controlling the shell and provide more context for the desktop Important Notice: Be cautious what you share with the online AI chat bots, consider running your LLM's locally using Open WebUI (https://openwebui.com/) and Ollama (https://ollama.com/). ## Installation from gnome extension website https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/8224/ai-assistant/ ## Manual installation 1. `git clone https://github.com/2nv2u/gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant.git` 2. `./gnome-shell-extension-ai-assistant/install.sh` 3. Restart shell or log out & log in ## Debugging during development `clear && export G_MESSAGES_DEBUG=all && dbus-run-session -- gnome-shell --devkit --wayland | grep ai-assistant`