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Felipe GenéandBohdan Triapitsyn a12b9be443 feat(chat): Comments and review in VS Code, like the OpenChamber desktop app (#1724)
* feat(chat): render code comments as cards instead of fenced text

* fix(vscode): route Add Comment to the active session editor panel

* fix(chat): persist queued inline comments and tighten file-chip path matching

* feat(vscode): comment on code from the editor

* fix(chat): keep attached context in the message and broadcast comment removal

* fix(vscode): hold every pending comment and gate both entry points on the workspace

* fix(vscode): let only the owning surface decide its comment threads

* fix(vscode): drop a comment removed while its delivery was still in flight

* test(vscode): cover the in-flight comment removal guard

* test(vscode): cover comment removal reaching every chat surface

* fix(vscode): give up on a comment the chat never confirmed holding

* fix(vscode): retract a comment everywhere before reporting it discarded

* fix(chat): preserve queued comment cards

* fix: preserve inline comment context across send paths

* fix(chat): preserve command routing with context

* fix(chat): keep unavailable actions on normal send path

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Co-authored-by: Bohdan Triapitsyn <artmore@protonmail.com>
2026-09-05 12:28:17 +03:00

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OpenChamber VS Code Extension

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OpenCode AI coding agent, right inside your editor. No tab-switching, no context loss.

VS Code Extension

Like the extension? There's also a desktop app and web version with even more features.

What you get

  • Chat beside your code — responsive layout that adapts to narrow and wide panels
  • Agent Manager — run the same prompt across multiple models in parallel, compare results side by side
  • Right-click actions — add context, explain selections, and improve code in-place
  • Click-to-open — file paths in tool output open directly in your editor; edit-style results land in a focused diff view
  • Session editor panel — keep chat sessions open alongside files
  • Theme-aware — adapts to your VS Code light, dark, and high-contrast themes

Plus everything from the shared OpenChamber UI: branchable timeline, smart tool UIs, voice mode, Git workflows, and more.

Commands

Command Description
OpenChamber: Focus Chat Focus the chat panel
OpenChamber: New Session Start a new chat session
OpenChamber: Open Sidebar Open the OpenChamber sidebar
OpenChamber: Open Agent Manager Launch parallel multi-model runs
OpenChamber: Open Session in Editor Open current or new session in an editor tab
OpenChamber: Settings Open extension settings
OpenChamber: Restart API Connection Restart the OpenCode API process
OpenChamber: Show OpenCode Status Debug info for development or bug reports

Right-click menu

Select code in the editor, right-click, and find the OpenChamber submenu:

Action Description
Add to Context Attach selection to your next prompt
Add Comment Open a comment thread on the selected lines. The comment stays anchored in the editor and goes out with your next message as a context card. The gutter + does the same once the extension is active
Explain Ask the agent to explain the selected code
Improve Code Ask the agent to improve the selection in-place

Configuration

Setting Default Description
openchamber.apiUrl (empty) URL of an external OpenCode API server. Leave empty to auto-start a local instance.
openchamber.opencodeBinary (empty) Absolute path to the opencode CLI binary. Useful when PATH lookup fails. Requires window reload to apply.

Requirements

  • OpenCode CLI installed and available in PATH (or set OPENCODE_BINARY env var)
  • VS Code 1.85+
Development
bun install
bun run vscode:dev

bun run vscode:dev now starts watchers + opens an Extension Development Host automatically. Webview UI changes use Vite HMR automatically.

Optional overrides:

  • OPENCHAMBER_VSCODE_BIN=cursor bun run vscode:dev
  • OPENCHAMBER_VSCODE_DEV_WORKSPACE=/path/to/workspace bun run vscode:dev
  • bun run vscode:dev /path/to/workspace

To package manually:

bun run --cwd packages/vscode build
cd packages/vscode && bunx vsce package --no-dependencies

Install locally: code --install-extension packages/vscode/openchamber-*.vsix

License

MIT