side::kick() is model-agnostic. When you first launch the app, a setup flow will detect whether any common providers are already configured to help you get started.

#rstats

I'm excited to share side::kick(), an experimental open-source coding agent for RStudio built entirely in R. It can interact with your files, communicate with your active #rstats session, and run code.

Check it out: github.com/simonpcouch/...

I've been getting a lot more out of Claude Code after hooking it up to tools that let it read #rstats pkg docs. I just type "read about some::topic" before tasking Claude with things that are unlikely to be in its training data, and the model will pull up whatever help files it needs.

Introducing acquaint, an R package that turns your R sessions into a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. This allows MCP-enabled tools like Claude Desktop and Claude Code to run #rstats code _in your active R sessions_ to explore objects, read documentation, etc.

posit-dev.github.io/acquaint/

New #rstats pkg chores on CRAN!

chores is an extensible collection of LLM assistants for R to help you with repetitive, hard-to-automate tasks.

Read more: simonpcouch.github.io/chores/

New #rstats pkg gander is now on CRAN!

gander is a coding assistant that knows how describe the objects in your global R environment. So, when you're working with data, LLMs will know the names, types, and distributions of data columns, resulting in much more effective completions.