Effective Date: September 15, 2025
The Minovative Mind VS Code extension "Minovative Mind" is a powerful AI coding agent designed to assist developers directly within Visual Studio Code. This Privacy Policy explains how Minovative Technologies DBA ("we," "us," or "our") processes and protects information when you use our extension, emphasizing local processing and user control.
Minovative Technologies DBA, based in USA (publisher: MinovativeTechnologies) is the data controller responsible for your information in the context of this extension.
We believe in transparency regarding the information we handle. The Minovative Mind extension operates with a strong emphasis on user privacy and local processing.
3.1 User-Provided Data
When you use the Minovative Mind extension, you explicitly provide various forms of input:
- Text Prompts: Your natural language instructions, queries, and commands (e.g.,
/plan, /fix, /commit, /merge). - Image Uploads: Images you upload to the chat interface are processed as Base64 data for multimodal interactions.
- Selected Code: Specific code snippets or entire active editor files you select for AI analysis, modification, or explanation.
- URLs: URLs provided in your prompts, from which the extension fetches and processes content to enhance context.
- API Key: Your Google Gemini API key, which you provide and is stored securely locally.
The information processed by the Minovative Mind extension is used solely to deliver its core functionality and enhance your development workflow:
4.1 To Deliver Core Functionality
- Interactive AI Experiences: To facilitate multimodal chat, generate code, explain selected code, and provide context-aware Q&A.
- Autonomous Workflows: To generate, execute, and monitor multi-step plans that involve creating, modifying, and deleting files, and running shell commands.
- Automated Git Operations: To analyze staged changes for generating insightful Git commit messages and to assist in resolving Git merge conflicts.
5.1 Interaction with Google Gemini API
When you interact with the Minovative Mind extension, your inputs (prompts, selected code context, processed images as Base64 data, summaries of workspace snippets, and parsed URL content) are securely transmitted to the Google Gemini API for processing.
- Data Handling: This data is handled according to Google's own terms and policies. We encourage you to review Google's Generative AI Additional Terms and Privacy Policy for detailed information.
- Model Training: As per Google's policies, data submitted to the Google Gemini API is not used to train Google's models without your explicit opt-in.
- Data Caching: Input and output data may be cached by Google for up to 24 hours by default to improve user experience and diagnostics, unless data caching is disabled at the project level by you through Google Cloud settings.
6.1 Local Processing & Storage
- Client-Side Operation: The Minovative Mind extension operates entirely client-side within your VS Code environment. It does not utilize any external backend servers operated by Minovative Technologies DBA for storing or processing your data.
- Local Data Storage: Chat history, generated file diffs, persistent UI states, active AI operation states, and certain extension preferences are stored locally within your VS Code workspace state or user settings, residing solely on your machine. This data is not transferred to external servers controlled by Minovative Technologies DBA.
Minovative Mind prioritizes user control, project security, and transparent operation, providing you with several mechanisms to manage your data and interactions:
7.1 Data Input & Context Filtering
- Explicit Input: You retain full control over what data (text prompts, code selections, image uploads, URLs) you explicitly send to the AI for processing.
- Granular Context Filtering: The extension offers explicit options to include or exclude specific files and directories from AI context processing, allowing you to fine-tune the information shared with the AI.
The Minovative Mind extension is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on our GitHub repository (https://github.com/Minovative-Technologies/minovative-mind) and potentially announced via the VS Code Marketplace. Your continued use of the extension after any changes signifies your acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please open an issue on our GitHub repository (https://github.com/Minovative-Technologies/minovative-mind/issues) or use the security reporting form: (https://forms.gle/QexZY2resdXpahUK6).