PromptUI — Build. Verify. Launch. Grow. Operate.

This VS Code extension is the browser launcher for PromptUI's AI app builder. Type an idea or explicitly select text; it securely hands that text to PromptUI and opens your default browser.

• Status bar: click PromptUI and type an idea.
• Command Palette: run PromptUI: Build an App from an Idea (opens in browser).
• Editor selection: select a spec, README paragraph or TODO, then choose PromptUI: Build an App from Selection (opens in browser).
• Walkthrough: run PromptUI: Get Started or open Help → Get Started.

Prefer no status bar item? Disable promptui.statusBar.enabled; the palette and selection actions remain available.

What happens after VS Code

This extension is a launcher, not an in-editor app builder:

On promptui.co, the user can continue through the released product journey:

1. Build and refine an app from the supplied idea.
2. Verify the selected version with Guardian evidence.
3. Launch an eligible version to a live URL after confirmation.
4. Grow using the live Growth workspace, including publishing approved posts to supported connected social channels.
5. Operate recurring work through the live Operate v1 experience.

Authentication, plan, credit and capability gates are enforced by PromptUI. Opening a tab never automatically deploys, publishes or spends. Paid-ad creation, activation and spend are separate from social publishing and are not performed by this extension.

Secure prompt handoff

The text you provide is sent to https://promptui.co/api/extension/handoff in an HTTPS POST body. The browser opens with only a short-lived, single-use id in the URL (/?handoff=<id>). Prompt text is never placed in the address bar, browser history, proxy URL logs, analytics URLs or referrer headers.

The id expires after 30 minutes and becomes unusable as soon as the Builder reads it. The first time a command would upload text, the extension explains the transfer and asks for consent. If PromptUI cannot create the handoff, the extension copies the text to the clipboard and opens an empty Builder so the user can paste it; it still never puts the text in a URL. A timeout may mean the request reached PromptUI even when the extension did not receive a response.

Only the idea entered into PromptUI or explicitly selected editor text is sent. No file name, path, repository, workspace or other source content is included.

Optional telemetry

When both VS Code telemetry and promptui.telemetry.enabled are on, the extension reports pseudonymous product-usage events so PromptUI can measure whether the launcher leads to a build. The correlation identifier is a stable, PromptUI-specific SHA-256 derivative of VS Code's machine id. It is linkable across this extension's events and, after a handoff starts a build, to that PromptUI Builder session; it is not an anonymous or rotating identifier.

Events cover activation, invoked command, welcome/walkthrough entry, handoff outcome and server-side build outcome. Properties are limited to extension and VS Code versions, operating system, allowlisted command/entry-point and handoff source labels, a failure-reason label, prompt character count, signed-in state, opaque Builder session/build identifiers, handoff queue and build duration, coarse pass/degraded outcome, and the canonical build-truth state. Source code, prompt text, file names, paths, workspace and repository names are never included. Turning VS Code telemetry off, or disabling promptui.telemetry.enabled, prevents future extension events and future handoffs from carrying the pseudonymous identifier. A handoff already created or redeemed may still produce its already-associated server-side build outcome after the setting changes; the local setting does not revoke in-flight server attribution.

Links and attribution

• Product: https://promptui.co/
• How it works: https://promptui.co/how-it-works
• Privacy: https://promptui.co/privacy
• Terms: https://promptui.co/terms
• Help: https://promptui.co/faq
• Support: hello@promptui.co
• License: MIT; see LICENSE in this extension package.

PromptUI and its icon are product identifiers of PromptUI. Visual Studio Code and the Visual Studio Marketplace are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PromptUI is not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.