Compile and Pray

A sarcastic VS Code extension that plays dramatic sounds when your terminal either miraculously succeeds or predictably fails.

Features

• Monitors terminal output incrementally via onDidWriteTerminalData
• Detects success/failure by keywords and shell exit code (when available)
• Plays success and failure sounds without blocking the VS Code UI thread
• Prevents overlapping audio (new sound interrupts current sound)
• Status bar toggle: 🙏 Compile and Pray Active / 🙏 Compile and Pray Muted
• Commands:
  • Compile and Pray: Test Success Sound
  • Compile and Pray: Test Error Sound
  • Compile and Pray: Enable/Disable Sounds

Configuration

Settings namespace: compileAndPray

• successSoundPath: absolute path to custom success sound
• errorSoundPath: absolute path to custom error sound
• enableSounds: enable/disable audio playback
• successKeywords: keyword list for success detection
• errorKeywords: keyword list for failure detection
• enableNotifications: enable/disable humorous notifications

Default assets

This project includes placeholder files at:

• assets/success.mp3
• assets/error.mp3

Replace them with your actual 20s and 5s sound files, or set absolute file paths in settings.

Development

npm install
npm run compile

Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.