OpenHome Abilities — VS Code extension

Manage your OpenHome agents and abilities from a sidebar. The account and ability features talk to the OpenHome API directly (no Python needed) — voice calls and the local devkit bridge use the openhome CLI when present.

What it does

Adds an OpenHome icon to the activity bar with four sections:

Section	Actions	Backend
Account	Sign in (API key), open dashboard, list agents	Direct API
Abilities	List · per-item: Enable / Disable / Set triggers / Delete	Direct API
Abilities	Create / Sync / Push (work on local folders)	CLI
Voice	Voice call, Chat (open in a terminal — need mic/TTY)	CLI
Local Bridge (Devkit)	Start / Stop / Status / Logs, with a green/red dot	CLI

Credentials are stored in VS Code's encrypted SecretStorage. If you already have a ~/.openhome/config.json or an OPENHOME_API_KEY in a workspace .env, the extension picks it up automatically — same resolution order as the CLI.

Install

Grab the packaged extension and install it like any other:

code --install-extension openhome-abilities-<version>.vsix

…or in VS Code: Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX…

Then click the OpenHome icon in the activity bar and hit Sign In.

Optional: voice + devkit

Those features shell out to the Python CLI. If it isn't installed, the extension offers a one-click Install CLI (pip install openhome-client). If it lives in a virtualenv, the extension auto-detects .venv/bin/openhome; otherwise set the full path in Settings → OpenHome → Cli Path.

Settings

openhome.cliPath — command for the CLI (default: openhome; auto-detects a repo .venv).
openhome.cwd — working directory for CLI commands (default: first workspace folder).

Develop

cd vscode-extension
npm install
npm run compile        # or: npm run watch

Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host.

Package

npm run package        # produces openhome-abilities-<version>.vsix

Roadmap

Live socket connection driving the Devkit green/red indicator in real time.
Native create/push/sync (zip upload) so the CLI becomes optional for everything.
Streaming call transcripts into a panel.