Researchers have developed RECAP, an open-source platform designed to capture, replay, and analyze developer interactions with AI coding assistants. This system integrates chat logs and code edits within VS Code to create a unified timeline, enabling detailed study of programming strategies and AI reliance. Initial deployment with 41 students across a multi-week project successfully recorded over 2,000 prompts and 8,000 code edits, demonstrating RECAP's utility for understanding developer-AI collaboration. AI
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IMPACT Provides a new tool for researchers to study and understand developer interactions with AI coding assistants.
RANK_REASON This is a research paper describing a new platform for analyzing AI-assisted programming. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]