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Sidecar (Deprecated)

Sidecar (Deprecated)

Jake Park

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Stay in flow while building with AI
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Deprecated: This extension has been superseded by Code Squad, which includes all Sidecar features plus multi-agent session management.


Sidecar

Building with AI, the right way.

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Why Sidecar?

Vibe coding is amazing... until you review the changes.

AI writes fast. Too fast. Files pile up, changes scatter everywhere, and suddenly you're juggling tabs, hunting diffs, fixing things by hand. The conversation breaks. The momentum dies.

Sidecar keeps the conversation going.

One seamless flow — talk to AI, review what it built, give feedback, keep building. All in one place, without breaking the rhythm.


Features

Unified View All AI outputs — code, docs, configs — organized in a single panel. No more hunting through files.

Inline Comments Select lines, leave feedback, send to AI. Talk to AI in context, not in a separate terminal.

Structured Diffs Changes grouped by function, class, or module. See the intent, not just the diff.


Quick Start

1. Install from VS Marketplace
2. Start Claude Code, Codex, or Gemini CLI
3. Sidecar opens automatically

Supported AI Tools

Claude Code
Anthropic
Codex CLI
OpenAI
Gemini CLI
Google

Settings

Setting Default Description
sidecar.autoDetect true Auto-detect AI tools in terminal
sidecar.autoShowPanel true Open panel when AI tool detected
sidecar.includeFiles [] Glob patterns for gitignored files
Tracking gitignored files
{
  "sidecar.includeFiles": ["dist/**", ".env.local"]
}

Requirements

VS Code 1.93.0+


Links

GitHub · Issues · Changelog


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