Pieces for VS Code

Features

Save useful code to your Pieces micro-repo

Templates, terminal commands, useful snippets...save the repetitive elements of your code in one-click for later use.

Find and re-use just the right snippet when you need it

Blazing fast, powerful search of your Pieces snippets right inside your editor.

Let Pieces auto-save useful snippets

Pieces trains on your behavior and auto-saves frequently used or useful snippets, since you might not realize you need them later until it’s too late.

Share snippets in Slack or Teams with a simple right click action. Your colleagues receive both the snippet and its related context — tags, descriptions and more.

Auto-complete code from your Pieces repo

Leverage code completion suggestions from your micro-repo. No size limit!.

Thoughtfully designed by fellow developers

Runs locally on your machine with the option to connect to the Cloud for backup, sync and sharing
Deeply embedded into VS Code - save, edit, classify and share your snippets entirely inside VS Code
Fully keyboard shortcut-enabled

Requirements

MacOS or Windows
Pieces OS
Latest Pieces for VS Code extension

Installation

The Pieces OS helper service is required in order for Pieces for VS Code to work properly. Pieces OS runs 100% locally on your computer (no code is sent to a cloud server) with the option to connect to cloud for sharing.

macOS Installation

Download Pieces OS from pieces.app/install.
Drag the Pieces OS application to the Applications folder
Run Pieces OS

Windows Installation

Download Pieces OS from pieces.app/install.
Run Pieces OS

Make sure Pieces OS is running
Install Pieces for VS Code

Getting Started

Saving Code Snippets

To save a snippet, hover over some code and hit shift+cmd+V for Mac (shift+ctrl+V for Windows) or just right-click and select ‘Save to Pieces’.

Where can I view my saved pieces?

Click on the Pieces logo in the activity bar in VS Code to see a list view organized by language.
From the list view, you can right-click and:
- Add related links or tags
- Edit your snippet
- Edit the title or description of your snippet
- Reclassify the language
- Generate a Pieces link
- Delete your snippet