Foundation Mini Sidekick

See your GitHub organization’s issues in a sidebar. Works in VS Code and Cursor. One view for all your repos and their open issues.

Install

Open the Marketplace page and click Install,
or in VS Code/Cursor: open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X), search Foundation Mini Sidekick, then Install.
Reload the window if prompted.

Sign in to GitHub
When you open the Sidekick view, you may be asked to sign in. Use the account that can see your org and repos.
Add your repos to the workspace
Use File → Add Folder to Workspace and add the folders that correspond to your GitHub repos. Sidekick will list those repos and their issues.
Open the view
Click the organization icon in the left activity bar. The Foundation Mini Sidekick panel shows your repos and issues.

Browse issues – Expand a repo to see its open issues. Click an issue to see details; use Open on GitHub to open it in the browser.
Copy to chat – Use the copy button on an issue to paste its context into chat, or use Open in Chat to start a conversation about it.
Prioritize repos for AI – Check the box next to a repo to mark it as priority; use + Add files/folders for specific paths. Stored in extension workspace storage (outside repo, never in git). Participants inject it into chat. In VS Code with Copilot: run Copy Context Priority Instruction and paste into .github/copilot-instructions.md.
Sync – Use the Sync button in the view title bar to refresh data and bypass cache.
2 Chat / 3 Chat – Open 2 or 3 chat editors side by side (handy for comparing or parallel work).
Ship – Use the Ship button (or commands) to run your usual ship workflow (lint, build, test, push, etc.) for the current or selected repo.
Create GitHub issue from chat – In chat, type @sidekick to have the bot suggest an issue from recent messages; choose repo, then Create GitHub issue or Decline.

Open Settings (Ctrl+, / Cmd+,) and search for Foundation Mini Sidekick.

Setting	What it does
Organization	Your GitHub organization name (e.g. your-org).
Query suffix	How to filter issues (default: open issues, sorted by recently updated).
Max issues per repo	How many issues to show per repo (1–100).
Cache (seconds)	How long to cache GitHub data (0 = no cache).
Auto-sync (minutes)	How often to refresh in the background (0 = off).

A GitHub account with access to the organization and repos you use.
Workspace folders that match your GitHub repos (add them with File → Add Folder to Workspace).

If you want to run or modify the extension from source (e.g. from the frus-cheat-codes repo):

Clone the repo, then in a terminal: cd extensions && npm install && npm run compile.
In VS Code/Cursor: Developer: Load Unpacked Extension → select the extensions folder.
See extensions/PUBLISHING.md and extensions/DEBUGGING-ISSUES-NOT-LOADING.md for build, publish, and troubleshooting.