claudemem for VS Code

Semantic code search and symbol navigation right in your VS Code sidebar.

claudemem uses AST-aware code chunking, vector embeddings, and a PageRank-based symbol graph to help you find code by meaning, not just text matching.

Features

Semantic Search

Search your codebase using natural language queries. Find functions, classes, and modules by what they do, not just their names.

Color-coded relevance scores (green/orange/red)
File path with line range display
Click to open and highlight the matching code region

Explore your codebase's dependency graph:

Symbol lookup -- find any symbol's definition
Callers -- what depends on this symbol
Callees -- what this symbol depends on
Context -- full picture: definition + callers + callees

Code Analysis

Dead code detection -- find unused symbols with zero callers and low PageRank
Test gap analysis -- find high-importance symbols missing test coverage
Impact analysis -- see the transitive blast radius of changing a symbol

Companion Panel

Auto-follows your cursor and shows the current symbol's context, callers, callees, and source code. Open with Cmd+Shift+M.

Prerequisites

Install the claudemem CLI first:

npm install -g claude-codemem

Then index your project:

cd your-project
claudemem index .

Getting Started

Install this extension
Open a project that has been indexed with claudemem index
Click the claudemem icon in the activity bar (left sidebar)
Start searching!

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
`claudemem.binaryPath`	auto-detect	Path to the claudemem binary
`claudemem.commandTimeoutSeconds`	60	Timeout for CLI commands

Commands

claudemem: Open Search -- focus the search sidebar
claudemem: Re-index Project -- rebuild the index for the current workspace
claudemem: Open Symbol Context Panel -- open the companion panel (Cmd+Shift+M)

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