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AI-Assisted Code Completion for Government Developers

Employment & Work

What it collects

Operational data
Anonymized data
  • Internal code written by GC employees, used as context for generating autocomplete suggestions and code fixes. No personal information is present in this data.
Run by
Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)
Where
No fixed location
Kept
Not stated by the Helpful Places.
Shared with
Accountable organization

What it is for

Employment & Work

Codeium is an AI coding assistant deployed by the Canada School of Public Service that autocompletes code, suggests fixes, and generates boilerplate for Government of Canada software developers. The system is trained on open-source code repositories and operates on internal code written by GC employees. No personal information is collected or processed, and users are informed that AI is in use.

What it collects and what happens to it

Data taken in

Operational data
Anonymized data
  • Internal code written by GC employees, used as context for generating autocomplete suggestions and code fixes. No personal information is present in this data.

Processing

Language Models
  • Context-aware AI model trained on open-source code repositories, used to autocomplete code, suggest fixes, and generate boilerplate in response to developer input.

What it does

Creating (Generative AI)
Human decides
  • Generates boilerplate code and suggests code completions or fixes. All generated suggestions are reviewed and accepted or rejected by the developer before being applied.
Understanding (Semantic AI)
Human decides
  • Understands the context of the code being written to provide relevant autocomplete suggestions and fixes, drawing on surrounding code and open-source training data.

Outputs

Generated content
Anonymized data
  • Code completions, suggested fixes, and boilerplate code snippets generated by the AI and presented to the developer for review. Output does not reference or contain personal information.

Run by

Canada School of Public Service (CSPS)
  • The Canada School of Public Service is the federal department responsible for deploying and overseeing Codeium for GC software developers.

Government of Canada AI Register — Codeium

Built by

Windsurf
  • Windsurf is the vendor that builds and supplies the Codeium AI coding assistant licensed to the Canada School of Public Service.

Government of Canada AI Register — Codeium

Kept for

Not stated by the Helpful Places.

Shared with

Available to the accountable organization
  • Output data (code suggestions) is available to the developer and the deploying organization. The system does not involve personal information, so access controls are primarily focused on the internal code used as input context.

Stored

Not stated by the Helpful Places.

How to read the colours

Can it identify you?

Anonymized data
Data about people with the link to who is broken. Stripped of identifiers, blurred, aggregated, or noised so this system can’t reasonably tie a record back to an individual.
Pseudonymous data
Each person’s data is tied to a token (hash, ID, template) that lets this system recognise the same person across events, but the token itself doesn’t reveal a name. Reidentification is possible with extra information.
Identifiable data
The data either contains a direct identifier (name, address, account name, recognisable face or voice, plate number) or carries a token this system uses to look up legal identity during processing.

Who completes the loop?

Human decides
This mode suggests; a person decides what to do next. The AI is always advisory — a human is in the loop on every decision. Example: a triage tool ranks cases for a clinician who chooses which to see first.
Human executes
This mode decides; a person carries out the result. Example: an optimizer plans the day’s trash-collection routes, and drivers run them.
Autonomous
This mode decides and acts on its own. No person reviews each decision or carries out the resulting action.

Definitions from the DTPR standard. Amber is about your data, violet about who decides. The fuller the shape and the deeper the colour, the more identifying the data or the less a person is involved.

What you can do

Ask about this system

Questions go to the Helpful Places, not the vendor.

Your rights

  • Right to Be Informed of AI UseGC employees using this tool are informed that AI is in use. The AI Register entry confirms that AI use is disclosed to users.
  • Right to Algorithmic TransparencyThe Canada School of Public Service has published information about Codeium in the Government of Canada AI Register, describing the system's capabilities and data sources. Users may consult the register for further information.

Risks and safeguards

  • Reputational harmThe system may suggest incorrect or insecure code that, if accepted without review, could introduce vulnerabilities or errors into government software.Safeguard: All suggestions require explicit developer acceptance; developers are informed that AI is in use so they apply appropriate scrutiny.