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    "kind": "extension",
    "slug": "gemini-code-assist",
    "name": "Gemini Code Assist",
    "vendor": "Google",
    "description": "Gemini Code Assist is Google's official AI coding assistant, distributed as a first-party extension for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Cloud Shell Editor, and the Google Cloud Console. It is powered by the Gemini model family and integrates tightly with Google Cloud — both for authentication (developers sign in with their Google account) and for tooling, with built-in support for explaining Google Cloud APIs, generating Terraform, and reviewing changes against Google's style guides.\n\nThe extension reads the current file plus configurable workspace context to construct prompts, makes outbound network requests to Google's Gemini service through the developer's Google Cloud project, and uses an OAuth credential negotiated with the user's Google account to authenticate. It does not write to disk autonomously or execute shell commands; suggestions are inserted by the IDE on acceptance.\n\nBecause Gemini Code Assist is officially published by Google, its trust adjustment is the most favorable available. The residual risk is the same as Copilot's — credentials plus outbound network mean that the contents of the developer's editor are transmitted to Google's service on each request. Teams with data-residency requirements should evaluate the enterprise tier and the regional endpoint configuration before broad rollout.",
    "website": "https://cloud.google.com/gemini/code-assist",
    "repository": null,
    "documentationUrl": null,
    "license": null,
    "version": null,
    "trustLevel": "official",
    "capabilities": [
      "filesystem:read",
      "network:outbound",
      "credentials:access"
    ],
    "packaging": {
      "manager": "vsix",
      "packageName": "Google.geminicodeassist"
    },
    "configFiles": null,
    "category": null,
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-02T18:21:41.256Z",
    "risk": {
      "score": 20,
      "band": "low",
      "signals": [
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          "id": "trust-official",
          "kind": "trust",
          "label": "Published by the vendor",
          "contribution": -40
        },
        {
          "id": "high-risk-capabilities",
          "kind": "capability",
          "label": "1 high-risk capability: credentials:access",
          "contribution": 10
        }
      ],
      "dangerousCombos": []
    },
    "dangerousCombos": []
  }
}