Elidia Agent

Elidia Agent for VS Code

Chat with Elidia, and explain or fix the code you have selected — running against your own agent, on your machine.

What it does

Chat that streams. Replies arrive token by token, with the agent's tool calls shown as they happen, so you can see what it is doing rather than waiting at a spinner.

Explain and Fix on a selection. Select code, right-click, and get an explanation or a corrected version — the file and language go along with it, so the answer is about your code and not a generic snippet.

It asks before it acts. When the agent wants to use a tool that touches your files, VS Code shows a modal asking you first. Anything you do not explicitly allow is refused. This is not an add-on: it is part of the protocol the extension speaks.

Stop a runaway turn. The Stop button cancels the current turn without restarting the agent or losing the conversation.

Switch models. Pick from whatever models your Elidia install offers.

Open it three ways. Elidia adds its own icon to the left activity bar, opening a chat sidebar in place — the same way you reach Claude Code, Cline, or Copilot. There is also an Elidia button in the status bar (bottom right) and the Ctrl+Alt+E / Cmd+Alt+E shortcut, both of which open the chat panel. The chat opens even before the agent is installed, and tells you inside it what is missing. From the empty state (or the sidebar's title bar) you can also launch the standalone Desktop app or the CLI; each opens its download page if it is not installed yet.

Requirements

pip install "elidia-agent-cli[acp]"

The [acp] part matters — it installs the protocol the extension speaks. If it is missing, the extension tells you exactly that rather than failing obscurely.

Nothing is sent anywhere except to the agent you are running. The extension starts it as a child process, talks to it over stdio, and stops it when the window closes.

Commands

Command	Shortcut	What it does
`Elidia: Open Chat`	`Ctrl+Alt+E` / `Cmd+Alt+E`	Opens the chat panel
`Elidia: Explain Selection`	right-click	Explains the selected code
`Elidia: Fix Selection`	right-click	Finds and fixes a problem in it
`Elidia: Select Model`	—	Switches the model
`Elidia: Cancel Current Turn`	—	Stops what the agent is doing
`Elidia: Restart Agent`	—	Restarts the agent process
`Elidia: Show Log`	—	Opens the Elidia output channel
`Elidia: Launch Desktop App`	—	Opens the standalone Desktop app (or its download page)
`Elidia: Launch CLI`	—	Opens the CLI in a terminal (or its download page)

Settings

Setting	Default	Purpose
`elidia.acpPath`	`""`	Path to `elidia-acp`. Empty searches your PATH, then a Python that can run `python -m acp_adapter`.

The extension verifies a candidate actually starts before using it, so a stale elidia from an older install will not be picked up silently.

How it connects

VS Code  ──stdio JSON-RPC (ACP)──▶  elidia-acp  ──▶  Elidia agent

It speaks the Agent Client Protocol, the same interface Elidia exposes to other ACP-capable editors — so the agent behaves the same wherever you use it.

Troubleshooting

"No Elidia agent found" — install it: pip install "elidia-agent-cli[acp]" (the error offers Copy Install Command), then run Elidia: Restart Agent, or point elidia.acpPath at the executable.

"Elidia is installed but the ACP extra is missing" — you have the CLI without the protocol package. The same install command adds it.

Anything else — run Elidia: Show Log. The agent's own output goes there.

Licence

MIT — Elidia Technology Pvt Ltd.