What is Sphinx?
Sphinx is an AI assistant that understands Jupyter notebooks, executes Python code, and helps you analyze data through natural conversation. It lives directly in your VS Code, Cursor, or Windsurf editor—no context switching required.Get Started in Minutes
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Extension Overview
Learn about features, commands, and settings
CLI Installation
Install and use Sphinx from the command line
Agent Modalities
Choose between Agent, Plan, Safe, and Streamlit modes
Core Capabilities
Jupyter Notebook Integration
Sphinx works seamlessly with Jupyter notebooks—creating cells, running code, and understanding your notebook’s state.Create & Run
Add, edit, execute, and delete cells
Remote Backends
Connect to Databricks, Colab, BigQuery, and more
Long Operations
Smart handling of time-consuming tasks
Your compute, your control. All code execution happens on your kernel—whether that’s your local machine, a remote server, or cloud notebooks like Databricks. Sphinx generates the code and orchestrates execution, but your data and computation stay exactly where your kernel is running.
AI-Powered Features
Web Search
Real-time information retrieval via Parallel AI
PDF Parsing
Extract and analyze data from PDF documents
File Search
Semantic search across your workspace files
Sphinx Library
Python SDK for LLMs, embeddings, and connections
Configuration & Control
Security & Governance
Guardrails
Control what code Sphinx generates and executes with configurable permission levels
Secrets Management
Securely store and access API keys and credentials
Rules
Define custom instructions that guide Sphinx’s behavior
Memories
Persistent knowledge that captures preferences and relationships
Interaction Modes
Agent Mode
Autonomous execution with full autonomy—best for routine tasks
Plan Mode
Review and approve plans before execution—ideal for complex analyses
Safe Mode
Approve every code execution—perfect for sensitive operations
Streamlit Export
Convert notebooks to interactive Streamlit apps