Model List: View all your local Ollama models in a tree view.
Pull Models: Easily download new models (e.g., llama3, mistral) via command.
Status Indication: Visual indicators for Running (Green) and Stopped (Grey) models.
Persistent Chats: Create and manage multiple persistent chats for each model.
Advanced Setup: Configure model-specific system messages and prompt injection templates (prefix/suffix framing).
Context Menu: Safe model deletion and configuration access via the "More Actions" menu.
Chat Interface
Concurrent Chats: Open multiple chat tabs simultaneously.
History: Chat history is automatically saved and persists across VS Code sessions.
Auto-Start: Sending a message to a stopped model continuously starts it.
Message Editing: Hover over user messages to copy content or access edit options:
Edit / Truncate: Edit a message and remove all subsequent history (rewriting the conversation path).
Edit / Fork: Edit a message and create a new chat branch, preserving the original conversation.
Model Actions: Hover over model responses to:
Copy: Copy response content to clipboard.
Regenerate: Re-generate the answer. If it's not the last message, this will truncate the conversation.
Fork: Create a new chat branching from this point.
Prompt Debugging: Visibility toggle to show/hide "hidden" system turns and prompt injections in the chat history.
Context-Aware Commands: Run Start/Stop/Delete from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) to see a interactive list of models if you haven't selected one in the view.
By default, it connects to http://127.0.0.1:11434.
Note: This version (v0.0.1) has been tested primarily on Linux. It assumes Ollama is already installed and running correctly on your system. Compatibility with other OSs is expected but not yet verified.
Commands
ollama-view: Refresh: Refresh the model list.
ollama-view: Pull Model: Download a new model.
ollama-view: Start: Start a model (context-aware).
ollama-view: Stop: Stop a running model (context-aware).
ollama-view: Delete: Delete a model (context-aware).
Known Issues
Autocomplete for model names during "Pull" is limited to a popular subset. You can still type any model name manually.
Release Notes
0.0.5 - Marketplace Compatibility
Publishing Fix: Corrected extension categories to comply with VS Code Marketplace requirements.
0.0.4 - Model Setup & Advanced Prompting
Model Setup: New configuration screen to define system messages and message framing (prefixes/suffixes).
Prompt Injections: Support for per-message system turns and user message wrapping.
Visibility Toggle: View hidden system instructions directly in the chat panel.
UI Safety: Moved destructive "Delete" action to a context menu.
0.0.3 - Unique Chat Naming
Unique Chat Names: New chats now have unique names (e.g. "New Chat (2)") to prevent confusion.
Improved Naming Logic: Renaming and forking chats also ensures unique names.
Tests: Added tests for chat naming logic.
0.0.2 - Initial Chat Functionality
Persistent Chats: Conversations are now possible and persistent across sessions.
Message Editing: Edit user messages to branch conversation paths (Truncate or Fork).
Model Actions: Copy, regenerate, and fork directly from model responses.
Enhanced UI: Improved tree view, chat deletion flow, and timestamp formatting.
0.0.1 - Foundations
Initial release with View, Start, Stop, Delete, and Pull functionalities.
