Bohdan Triapitsyn
1231fd773e
* fix: improve session sidebar tooltip and truncation behavior - Keep new-draft tooltip anchored to its trigger button - Fix minimal-mode worktree/group header text truncation - Tune minimal-mode right padding to reduce early label clipping * fix: render reasoning through markdown pipeline - Use Streamdown rendering for reasoning in live chat mode - Remove italic styling from reasoning text - Render expanded reasoning content with MarkdownRenderer * chore: remove legacy electron dependencies - Removed unused Electron packages from root and UI manifests - Deleted obsolete Electron context menu type declaration - Regenerated lockfile after dependency cleanup * fix: handle non-repository folders in git status API - Prevent 500 errors when status is requested outside a valid Git repo - Improve repository detection using `git rev-parse --git-dir` - Reduce noisy server logs for expected non-repo status checks * fix unloaded session chat layout flicker * fix: reduce noisy TTS status polling Cache and dedupe TTS status requests, and only check provider availability when the related voice features are enabled so disabled voice setups stay quiet. * perf: throttle background PR git status refreshes * fix: improve VS Code Explorer file drop mentions in chat - Add Explorer context action to insert selected files as @mentions. - Handle Explorer drag-and-drop to prefill @file mentions instead of attachments. - Prevent duplicate plain-path text when dropping multiple files. * fix: deduplicate recent sessions in VS Code sidebar - Hide sessions from main list when already shown in recent - Apply dedup only in VS Code runtime - Keep session search behavior unchanged * feat: add true HMR dev flow for VS Code extension - Load VS Code webview from Vite dev server with React refresh preamble - Add `vscode:dev` runner that starts watchers and opens Extension Development Host - Update VS Code dev docs and scripts to use the new HMR startup flow * feat: polish VS Code session sidebar and attachment UX - Add resizable sessions sidebar in VS Code layout - Tighten session list spacing and hover behavior in VS Code - Remove bulk file/image attach success toasts while keeping error toasts
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OpenChamber VS Code Extension
OpenCode AI coding agent, right inside your editor. No tab-switching, no context loss.
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 |
| 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_BINARYenv 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:devOPENCHAMBER_VSCODE_DEV_WORKSPACE=/path/to/workspace bun run vscode:devbun 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