Raggie Code is your coding agent in VS Code: chat with an AI agent in a sidebar,
watch it edit your project, and copy selection references straight into the
conversation.
Features
Sidebar chat — a full agent chat UI inside VS Code. The server runs
locally on your machine; nothing is sent through a third party.
Works next to Copilot — pin the chat to the secondary sidebar so it
sits beside Copilot's panel.
Selection references — highlight code and send it to the chat as
@path/to/file:23-43, so the agent knows exactly which lines you mean.
Permission-first tools — file edits and commands surface as reviewable
requests in the chat before they run.
Local server management — start, restart, and stop the agent server
from the status bar or the command palette.
Session history — continue previous conversations or start fresh.
Requirements
The Raggie CLI, installed via pip:
pip install raggiecode
Alternatively, if the CLI lives outside your PATH, point the extension at
it via raggie.server.pythonPath.
Usage
Open your project workspace.
Click the Raggie icon in the activity bar (or run Raggie Code: Open Chat).
The first open starts the server automatically (see
raggie.server.autoStart).
Chat as usual. Permission requests, tool calls, and sessions all flow
through the chat panel.
Putting the chat next to Copilot
VS Code does not let extensions place a view in the secondary sidebar
directly, so on first activation the extension offers to pin it there.
Accept and pick "New Secondary Side Bar Entry" in the dialog that opens:
the chat moves to the secondary sidebar (right side, next to Copilot) and
the Raggie icon disappears from the activity bar. VS Code remembers this
location across sessions.
You can also do it any time later:
Drag the Raggie icon from the activity bar onto the secondary sidebar, or
run Raggie Code: Move Chat to Secondary Sidebar and pick
"New Secondary Side Bar Entry".
Raggie Code: Open Chat then always focuses the chat right next to Copilot.
Commands
Command
Description
Raggie Code: Open Chat
Focus the chat view (wherever it currently lives).
Raggie Code: Manage Server
Open the server menu (same one shown when clicking the status bar item).
Raggie Code: Move Chat to Secondary Sidebar
Open the built-in move dialog pre-targeted at the chat; pick "New Secondary Side Bar Entry" to pin it next to Copilot.
Raggie Code: Start Server
Start the local Raggie server.
Raggie Code: Restart Server
Restart the local Raggie server.
Raggie Code: Stop Server
Stop the server (servers you started yourself are never killed).
Raggie Code: Turn Off Agent and Close Panel
Stop the agent and close the sidebar panel it lives in (also a stop button on the chat's title bar).
Raggie Code: Ask About Selection
Send the current editor selection (with a @file:line reference) into the chat.
Copy Reference for Raggie Code
Copy the current selection as @path/to/file:23-43.
Keybindings
These are active only while the editor has a selection:
Keybinding
Action
Ctrl+Alt+C
Copy the current selection as a Raggie reference.
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R
Ask Raggie about the current selection.
On macOS use Cmd in place of Ctrl.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
raggie.server.port
8765
Port the local server listens on.
raggie.server.pythonPath
raggie
CLI executable; raggie resolves via PATH.
raggie.server.role
code
Agent role passed to the server.
raggie.server.autoStart
true
Start the server when the extension activates.
raggie.server.args
[]
Extra CLI arguments (e.g. --dev).
raggie.chat.openOnStartup
false
Open the chat view on activation.
License
Apache-2.0 — see the LICENSE file bundled with the extension.
