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ChatDBG: Augmenting Debugging with Large Language Models — mentioned by emeryberger

Mon, 05 May 2025 14:34:58 GMT

You should check out ChatDBG project - which AFAICT goes much further than this work, though in a different direction, and which, among other things, lets the LLM drive the debugging process - has been out since early 2023. We initially did a WinDBG integration but have since focused on lldb/gdb and pdb (the Python debugger), especially for Python notebooks. In particular, for native code, it integrates a language server to let the LLM easily find declarations and references to variables, for example. We spent considerable time developing an API that enabled the LLM to make the best use of…

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ChatDBG: Augmenting Debugging with Large Language Models — mentioned by emeryberger

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 03:57:08 GMT

Nice UI. We started on a project that does this about 2 years ago. ChatDBG (https://github.com/plasma-umass/ChatDBG), downloaded about 70K times to date. It integrates into debuggers like `lldb`, `gdb`, and `pdb` (the Python debugger). For C/C++, it also leverages a language server, which makes a huge difference. You can also chat with it. We wrote a paper about it, should be published shortly in a major conference near you (https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16354). One of the coolest things we found is that the LLM can leverage real-world knowledge to diagnose errors; for example, it successfully…

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ChatDBG: Augmenting Debugging with Large Language Models — mentioned by emeryberger

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:28:55 GMT

Debuggers are great, and even better with LLMs! https://github.com/plasma-umass/ChatDBG https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16354

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