OpenMindAI for VS Code

Use your local OpenMindAI assistant from VS Code.

This extension talks to the local OpenMindAI API. By default it auto-discovers a running local desktop runtime:

openmindai.endpoint = auto

Current MVP features:

• Native VS Code Chat participant: @openmindai
• Right-side Secondary Side Bar tab beside Codex and Claude Code
• Codex-style progress states while planning, reading, thinking, and writing
• Direct workspace edits from chat responses
• Local connection check
• Ask OpenMindAI with active editor context
• Explain selected code
• Propose a selected-code fix with a diff preview before applying

Production build

From this extension folder:

npm ci
npm run compile
npm exec --yes --package=@vscode/vsce@4.0.0 -- vsce package --out dist/openmindai-vscode-0.1.9-marketplace.vsix

The upload-ready package is:

dist/openmindai-vscode-0.1.9-marketplace.vsix

Manual install

Install or upgrade the generated VSIX:

code --install-extension dist/openmindai-vscode-0.1.9-marketplace.vsix --force

Reload VS Code after installing.

Setup

1. Start the OpenMindAI desktop app so the local API is running.
2. In VS Code, run OpenMindAI: Check Local Connection from the Command Palette.
3. Open the right-side panel with OpenMindAI: Open Right-Side Chat.
4. Use VS Code Chat with @openmindai for native chat participant workflows.
5. Select code and use OpenMindAI: Explain Selection or OpenMindAI: Fix Selection from the editor context menu.

Default settings:

openmindai.endpoint = auto
openmindai.model = openmind-local
openmindai.autoStartNativeInterface = false

If the desktop runtime is not running, configure openmindai.nativeInterfaceRoot and use OpenMindAI: Start Native Interface as a fallback.

Marketplace upload

Upload dist/openmindai-vscode-0.1.9-marketplace.vsix in the Visual Studio Marketplace publisher portal as a Visual Studio Code extension.

Development

npm install
npm run compile

Then open this folder in VS Code and press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host.