Connects your VS Code to your instructor's AI Feedback dashboard so you can
get timely, personalized help while you code. It streams your coding activity to
the central server, runs the instructor's classifiers against your code, and
shows AI-generated feedback you can reply to in a chat panel.
Works in both desktop VS Code and web VS Code (vscode.dev).
What it does
Shares your progress with the instructor's dashboard as you edit (file
contents + edit activity).
Runs classifiers on your code. The instructor defines checks ("classifiers")
describing code patterns to look for. On desktop these run locally on your
machine; in web VS Code they run on the server. Either way you see the result.
AI Feedback conversation. When the instructor sends feedback, it appears in
a chat panel and you can reply to keep the conversation going.
The AI Feedback panels
Open the AI Feedback icon in the Activity Bar to find two views:
Classifiers — which classifiers are currently running on your code and
whether each one matches (Match / No match / Checking / Error).
Conversation — feedback from the instructor/AI tutor, with a box to reply.
Settings
student-extension.serverUrl — URL of the central server. Defaults to your
course's deployed server; change it only if instructed.
student-extension.pythonPath — Desktop only. Python 3 interpreter used to
run classifiers locally. Set an absolute path (e.g. /usr/bin/python3) if
python3 isn't found on your PATH. Ignored in web VS Code.
Requirements
Desktop: Python 3 available (used to evaluate classifiers locally). If it
isn't found, the Classifiers panel shows an error explaining how to set the
interpreter path.
Web (vscode.dev): no local requirements — classification runs on the server.
Privacy
This extension sends your code and editing activity to the course's central
server so your instructor can provide feedback. Only install it for courses that
ask you to.
