Chat with the DevOrch AI coding assistant from the side bar. It works in your open
folder, with any model provider DevOrch supports (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Mistral, Groq, Ollama and more).
Get started
Install the DevOrch command (the panel shows the command if it is missing):
Linux / macOS: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Amanbig/DevOrch/main/install.sh | sh
Run devorch once in a terminal to pick a provider and save your API key.
Open the DevOrch icon in the activity bar and ask something.
What you can do
Chat in the side panel. Each chat is a DevOrch session: it continues where you left off and shows up in
devorch --resume in the terminal too.
Ask, Auto or Plan. Ask (the default) shows each edit or command with Allow once / This session / Always / Deny
before it runs; Auto runs without asking; Plan is read-only. Ask needs DevOrch 0.5.4 or newer.
Attach the open file, or right-click a selection: Add Selection to Chat, Explain, Review, Fix.
Conversations (☰ button): everything you started in this folder; open or delete one.
Terminal.DevOrch: Start Interactive Session, Continue Last Conversation and Resume Past Session open the
full terminal interface, where DevOrch asks before each action.
Settings
Setting
devorch.executablePath
The devorch command (default devorch)
devorch.defaultProvider / devorch.defaultModel
Override the provider and model for the panel
devorch.defaultMode
ask, auto or plan
devorch.disableMcp, devorch.activeMcpServers
MCP servers used by the panel
DevOrch's built-in blocks on dangerous commands and your deny rules apply in every mode, and the terminal commands open the
full interface.
Develop
npm ci
npm test # lint + unit tests
npm run package # bundle into dist/
npx @vscode/vsce package --no-dependencies
