Positron Assistant
Positron Assistant is an AI coding assistant built specifically for data science workflows. It is currently available in preview starting from Positron 2025.07.0-204.
Beyond your active files, selected code, and project structure, Positron Assistant is provided with context about your interactive data science work, such as your loaded data, plots, and console history, enabling more relevant guidance for exploratory analysis and modeling.
To get started with Positron Assistant, check out the Getting Started guide.
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Support and terms of service
Posit does not provide support or assistance for any code written or generated in Positron, with or without Positron Assistant via any model provider. Posit does not support the Anthropic or GitHub Copilot output, or test the logic used by either to generate code from prompts. Consult your AI model provider’s documentation for more information.
Positron AI agents
The Positron AI tools are “BYO-key”, meaning that the tools can interact with a number of different model providers (e.g., Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, GitHub Copilot, or OpenAI) and the user or organization has an agreement with, pays the model provider, directly for access to the model.
Data collection and privacy
Positron provides local software as a client to the user’s selected model provider. As a result, Posit does not track, collect, or store your prompts, code, or conversations when using AI features within Positron (i.e. Positron Assistant, Databot, etc). These features operate by communicating directly from your client software to your chosen AI model provider. Posit does not receive any AI traffic from your client’s software and nor does Posit ever access or store your data.
If you voluntarily share diagnostic logs or information with Posit for troubleshooting purposes, that shared information will be handled in accordance with Posit’s privacy policy. If you voluntarily share diagnostic logs or information with Posit for troubleshooting purposes, that shared information will be handled in accordance with Posit’s privacy policy. If you voluntarily share diagnostic logs or information with Posit for troubleshooting purposes, that shared information will be handled in accordance with Posit’s privacy policy.
However, your AI model provider (such as Anthropic or GitHub Copilot) may store or collect data according to their own privacy policies and terms of service. Please review your AI model provider’s data practices for details on what information they collect and how it’s used.
By using an external model provider, you acknowledge that your use is subject to their Terms of Service. All external model providers are considered “Third Party Materials” as defined in the Posit End User License Agreement and Posit assumes no liability or other obligations with respect thereto and, without limiting the foregoing, is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from the use or access thereof.