Rasa Utter Hover

Instantly preview RASA response texts by hovering over utter_* references in your code.

✨ Features

Hover Preview

Hover over any utter_* identifier in your Python actions, YAML stories, or Markdown files to see its response text directly in the editor — no need to open the domain file.

Supported response properties:

Go to Definition

Each hover card includes a clickable link to the source YAML file. Click it to jump directly to the line where the utter response is defined.

Multiple Variations

If an utter has multiple response variations, all of them are displayed and numbered in the hover card.

📦 Supported Project Layouts

The extension automatically searches for responses in:

• domain.yml / domain.yaml — single-file domain
• domain/**/*.yml / domain/**/*.yaml — split domain (recommended by RASA)

🚀 Getting Started

1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace.
2. Open a RASA project in VS Code.
3. Hover over any utter_* reference — done!

No configuration required. It works out of the box.

🗂️ Supported Languages

The hover provider is active in:

• Python — actions.py, custom action files
• YAML — stories, rules, domain files
• Markdown — NLU training data (legacy format)
• Plain text

⚙️ Extension Settings

This extension works with zero configuration. No settings needed.

📋 Requirements

• VS Code 1.138.0 or newer
• A RASA project with a domain.yml or domain/ directory containing response definitions

🐛 Known Issues

• If responses are defined outside of domain.yml or domain/**/*.yml, they won't be detected. Open an issue if you need support for other paths.

📄 Release Notes

1.0.0

• 🎉 Initial release
• Hover preview for utter_* responses (text, images, buttons, custom payloads)
• Click-to-navigate to the source YAML definition
• Support for single-file and split-domain RASA projects
• Support for multiple response variations

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.