Oct 29, 2025
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AI-Powered Data Science in Positron
We’re so excited to introduce Positron, a free, next-generation data science IDE that makes it easy to work in both R and Python. Positron builds on our years of experience developing RStudio and is a fork of VS Code, designed specifically for data work. This means you get a modern coding interface with features tailored for data science, like a built-in data explorer, AI assistance, interpreter management, and more.
This is our 2nd event in our Positron series and focused on AI-Powered Data Science.
Here at Posit, we strive to create products where AI works with you, not against you. In efforts to continue this mission, we are excited to introduce agentic AI capabilities in Positron, our new, free code editor for R and Python, that are designed from the ground up to follow these principles. Positron’s AI capabilities automate the tedious parts of the data science workflow, but always keep you, the expert, in control.
00:00 Introduction 00:32 What is Positron? (The Next-Gen Data Science IDE) 03:43 Introducing Positron Assistant 05:10 Bring your own LLM 05:47 Your environment as context 07:19 Inline code suggestions 07:58 Introducing Databot 08:22 The WEAR loop 10:15 Demo time 10:56 Opening Positron Pro in Posit Team 14:29 Opening a new folder in Positron 15:22 Cloning a repo from GitHub 17:24 Positron icons 19:15 Positron search bar and command palette 20:18 Changing interpreters and opening a Quarto document 21:30 Running code and populating the Variables Pane 22:41 Using the Data Explorer 25:28 Creating a plot and debugging with Positron Assistant 30:46 Editing code using inline code suggestions 34:42 Sharing a Quarto document 36:12 Opening Databot 37:02 Exploring data with Databot 43:37 Creating a report using Databot findings 45:12 Wrap up
Additional resources: GitHub Repo for this Example: https://github.com/posit-dev/positron-ai-workshop Getting Started with Positron: Quick Tour: https://posit.co/resources/videos/get-started-with-positron-a-quick-tour-and-community-qa/ Introducing Databot (Blog Post): https://posit.co/blog/introducing-databot/ Posit AI Newsletter: https://posit.co/blog/2025-09-26-ai-newsletter/ Positron Assistant: https://positron.posit.co/assistant.html
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