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@eldrex/plugin-study-buddy

v1.0.0

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DevDiff Study Buddy plugin — explains ANY code in ANY language across 5 progressive levels

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@eldrex/plugin-study-buddy

Standalone Study Buddy Plugin for DevDiff — Universal Code Explanation Engine

🎓 Patient Senior Developer in your Editor — Explains ANY code in ANY language across 5 progressive levels.

npm version License: MIT

Overview

@eldrex/plugin-study-buddy is a standalone DevDiff plugin that provides progressive educational explanations for any programming language. It uses language-specific explainers (CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, Rust, Go) and automatic universal fallback structural analysis for all other text-based languages.

🎯 5 Progressive Explanation Levels

  1. Beginner: Line-by-line plain English analogies with minimal jargon.
  2. Student: Focus on core CS fundamentals, algorithms, data structures, and patterns.
  3. Developer: Technical summary focusing on control flow, data mutations, and public APIs.
  4. Senior: Concurrency, memory allocations, runtime complexity, and edge cases.
  5. Architect: System coupling, module boundaries, domain logic, and long-term maintainability.

🛠️ CLI Usage

# Explain selected code or file
devdiff study explain

# Explain code at a specific depth level
devdiff study explain --level beginner
devdiff study explain --level architect

# Ask a learning question about code
devdiff study ask "How does Flexbox handle layout in this stylesheet?"

🎨 CSS & Multi-Language Support

  • CSS & SCSS: Breaks down selectors (.class, #id, @media, :hover) and explains CSS properties (display: flex/grid, padding, margin, z-index, border-radius, gap) in plain English.
  • JavaScript / TypeScript: Async/await, Promises, closures, generics, interface declarations.
  • Python: PEP 484 type hints, list comprehensions, decorators.
  • HTML: DOM tree structure, semantic HTML5, accessibility.
  • Rust: Ownership, borrowing (&mut), lifetimes, traits.
  • Go: Goroutines, channels, CSP concurrency.
  • Universal Fallback: Language-agnostic structural analysis for any other text-based language.

🤖 Smart AI Router (StudyBuddyAIRouter)

Automated priority AI routing:

  1. IDE Agent: Uses active IDE environment tokens (fastest, zero setup).
  2. Local Ollama: Uses local Ollama instance (free, private).
  3. Cloud AI: Fallback to configured cloud provider API keys (OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic).

License

MIT © DevDiff Contributors