DocForge for VS Code

Generate polished Markdown or HTML documents from a prompt - using whatever AI you already have, with an always-on offline fallback so it never hard-fails.

What it does

Run DocForge: New Document from Prompt, describe what you want, pick a format and a generator, and DocForge opens a live, themed, sanitized preview you can Insert into the editor or Save to disk.

DocForge resolves the best available generator in a transparent priority ladder and always tells you which one ran:

1. VS Code Language Model API - the sanctioned, vendor-neutral way to use Copilot and other LM providers.
2. Compatible AI extension - best-effort, only via a documented generateDocument API.
3. Bring-your-own-key - Anthropic or OpenAI, key stored in VS Code SecretStorage.
4. Built-in templates - deterministic, fully offline, always available.

If no AI is available (or the workspace is untrusted, or you're offline), DocForge still produces a clean document from its built-in templates.

Features

• Prompt-to-document for Markdown and sanitized, themed HTML
• Live preview webview with a strict Content-Security-Policy
• Generator picker (Auto / a specific model / Built-in templates)
• Provenance line - never wonder which generator produced the output
• Insert-into-editor and Save-as actions
• Respects Workspace Trust: untrusted workspaces use the offline generator only
• No telemetry; AI/network calls are opt-in and disclosed

Commands

Settings

• docforge.defaultFormat - md or html
• docforge.tone, docforge.length
• docforge.enableAi - turn off to force the offline template generator
• docforge.provider, docforge.model - for the BYO-key generator

Privacy & security

Local-first by default. The template generator is fully offline. AI generators are opt-in; keys live in SecretStorage and are never written to settings. All model HTML is sanitized against an allowlist before it is shown or saved, and every webview uses a strict CSP.

License

Apache-2.0 © aniketsoni1