Oracle Unveils Code Assist: An AI-Powered Coding Companion for Java, SQL, and More

Oracle plans to release its own AI coding assistant, Code Assist, which is fine‑tuned for Java, Oracle Database coding, NetSuite scripts, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

The Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA plugins provide features such as code suggestions, automatic documentation and comment generation, code explanation, generation of code reviews and pull‑request descriptions, and creation of unit and functional tests.

During the demo, the chat function allows developers to ask any coding‑related question directly to Code Assist.

Oracle Code Assist adds a custom menu and chat capability to VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.

The assistant also filters the code it generates to ensure it does not come from unlicensed sources and can produce code that conforms to organizational standards. No launch date has been announced, but more details will be shared at a demonstration event in New York later this week.

Product Marketing Vice President Vijay Kumar explained that Oracle’s expertise in Java, databases, and SQL, combined with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, enables a scenario‑specific AI coding companion that is fine‑tuned and optimized for those environments.

Product Management Vice President Aanand Krishnan added that many customer use cases are not fully addressed by existing tools, especially when dealing with NetSuite SuiteScript and Oracle SQL.

When asked whether Code Assist would work well for languages other than Java and SQL, Krishnan clarified that the product will be multi‑language, supporting any language, though certain use cases are prioritized.

Regarding the security of proprietary code, Krishnan emphasized that protecting confidential data and code is a top priority; Code Assist will perform real‑time scanning to ensure suggestions contain no vulnerabilities or unlicensed code.

Although the initial release targets VS Code and IntelliJ IDEs, other development environments may follow, with the editor built on Eclipse Theia.

Pricing and business model details have not been finalized, and Oracle has not disclosed which large language model or training data will be used.

Oracle is joining other tech giants such as Microsoft, Google, and AWS in offering AI‑powered coding assistants.