RinaWarp Companion

Chat-first proof-aware workflows for build, audit, deploy, and recovery inside VS Code.

Published listing:

• Marketplace listing

RinaWarp Companion is the chat-first VS Code entry point into the RinaWarp platform:

1. Connect account
2. Ask Companion for the next safe step
3. Run a free workflow
4. Explore capability packs
5. Upgrade on rinawarptech.com
6. Refresh entitlements back in VS Code

What It Does

• Chat with Rina directly inside VS Code
• Adds a RinaWarp activity bar surface with account and plan status
• Adds a Chat view as the primary conversational surface for asking Rina about diagnostics, packs, workspace questions, and next safe steps
• Runs a free workspace diagnostic before asking users to upgrade
• Guides first-run onboarding with a built-in walkthrough
• Opens pack, pricing, billing, and privacy flows on rinawarptech.com
• Stores local session and entitlement state in SecretStorage
• Supports browser callback return into VS Code for account linking
• Supports browser callback return into VS Code after purchase completion

Release Status

This extension is now prepared as a full release candidate. The account, chat, entitlement, and pricing loop is real, but proof-backed execution depth is still intentionally narrower than Terminal Pro by design.

Best first-run path:

1. Install from Marketplace
2. Open RinaWarp in the activity bar
3. Run RinaWarp: Connect Account
4. Open Chat
5. Run RinaWarp: Run Free Diagnostic

Product Role

RinaWarp Companion is:

• the chat-first VS Code surface for RinaWarp
• the fastest way to start in-editor with a shared RinaWarp account
• the lower-friction path into diagnostics, pack discovery, and upgrade handoff

RinaWarp Companion is not:

• full Terminal Pro parity
• the deepest proof-and-recovery surface in the product line
• a disconnected product with its own billing silo

Companion is also the intended long-term home for any useful VS Code capabilities that still live in older internal RinaWarp extensions.

Current Commands

• RinaWarp: Connect Account
• RinaWarp: Run Free Diagnostic
• RinaWarp: Open Packs
• RinaWarp: Upgrade to Pro
• RinaWarp: Verify Purchase Return
• RinaWarp: Open Billing Portal
• RinaWarp: Open Privacy Details
• RinaWarp: Refresh Entitlements

Workspace Trust

RinaWarp Companion supports limited use in Restricted Mode.

• Safe account and website flows can work in untrusted workspaces
• Workspace-derived proof-backed actions should only run in trusted workspaces

Billing Model

RinaWarp Companion uses the shared RinaWarp account model:

• the extension is installed from VS Code
• paid access is obtained on rinawarptech.com
• premium capability is unlocked by entitlement checks after sign-in
• users buy RinaWarp capability access, not a disconnected Companion-only license

Privacy and Telemetry

RinaWarp Companion is designed to follow VS Code telemetry guidance:

• telemetry is only used when VS Code telemetry is enabled
• event data should remain minimal and non-PII
• tokens are stored in SecretStorage
• card or billing details are never collected inside the extension
• chat requests send only the prompt plus minimal derived workspace context such as the last diagnostic summary and recommended pack

See:

• Privacy Policy
• Terms
• telemetry.json
• SUPPORT.md
• PUBLISHING.md
• RELEASE_CHECKLIST.md
• CONSOLIDATION_PLAN.md

External Network Behavior

RinaWarp Companion may:

• open browser tabs to rinawarptech.com for account, pricing, packs, billing, and privacy flows
• call the configured RinaWarp API endpoint to refresh entitlements after sign-in
• call the website chat endpoint for Companion chat replies after the user explicitly sends a prompt

No workspace content should be sent remotely until the user explicitly starts a workflow that requires it.

Build

npm --workspace apps/rinawarp-companion run build

Package a release VSIX:

npm --workspace apps/rinawarp-companion run package:vsix

Package a pre-release VSIX if you want another staged preview build:

npm --workspace apps/rinawarp-companion run package:vsix:pre-release

Run Companion validation from the repo root:

npm run test:companion

If your environment is still on Node 18, use the pinned vsce dependency in this package rather than the newer @vscode/vsce 3.x line.

Related Plan

The execution plan for turning this extension into a revenue channel lives in docs/VS_CODE_EXTENSION_REVENUE_PLAN.md.