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Getting started with Escape AI
Install, sign in, and open your project — context gets indexed automatically.
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Download and install
Download the packaged desktop app installer for your OS from the download page. From the same page, also download the Escape AI IDE — a full VS Code fork with its own packaged installer (DMG/EXE/MSI), not a Microsoft Marketplace extension. It uses the Open VSX Registry rather than Microsoft's marketplace for extensions.
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Sign in
Sign in with your Escape AI account at app.escape-ai.org, or create one via app.escape-ai.org/?mode=register.
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Open a project
Open your project folder in the IDE, or point the desktop app at it. Context gets indexed automatically.
IDE commands
Built-in commands
Available from the command palette once the IDE is installed.
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Escape AI: Toggle Focus Between Chat and Editor
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Escape AI: Open Desktop App
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Escape AI: Explain Selection
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Escape AI: Refactor Selection
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Escape AI: Fix Selection
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Escape AI: Generate Code From Comment
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MCP servers & self-hosting
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MCP servers
MCP servers can be connected manually via Settings → MCP Servers, by specifying a name, command, and args. See Integrations for more.
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Self-hosting
A documented, drill-tested Docker Compose self-hosted deployment path exists, including a zero-cost validation mode that doesn't require an OpenAI key.