Fix Augment - Fixes & Enhancements for Augment

🔧 Fixes common Augment issues and enhances your workflow

Fix Augment addresses real problems reported by the Augment community and provides practical enhancements to improve your Augment VSCode experience.

Note: This extension works alongside the official Augment VSCode extension. Install Augment first, then add this for fixes and enhancements.

🔧 Fixes for Common Augment Issues

Based on community feedback and Discord reports, this extension addresses:

Double Quote Bug Fix

• Problem: Augment fails with error when prompts contain double quotes (")
• Fix: Automatically escapes double quotes in prompts before sending to Augment
• Status: ✅ Prevents "We encountered an issue sending your message" errors

Large Input Handling

• Problem: "Too large input" errors causing credit consumption without results
• Fix: Smart input chunking with context preservation
• Features:
  • Automatic input size detection
  • Intelligent task breakdown suggestions
  • Context-aware chunking that preserves code blocks

Task Breakdown Assistant

• Problem: Complex tasks failing mid-way, consuming credits without completion
• Fix: Proactive task breakdown suggestions
• Features:
  • Detects complex prompts that might fail
  • Suggests optimal task breakdown strategies
  • Provides templates for better prompting

Credit Protection

• Problem: Credits consumed even when Augment fails to complete tasks
• Fix: Pre-validation and optimization before sending to Augment
• Features:
  • Input validation before submission
  • Prompt optimization suggestions
  • Failure prediction and prevention

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code 1.99.0 or higher
• Augment extension (required)

Installation

1. First, install the official Augment extension
2. Then, install Fix Augment from the VSCode marketplace
3. Restart VSCode to activate the enhancement layer
4. You'll see "Fix Augment: Enhancement layer activated" when both extensions are working together

⚙️ Settings

Configure Fix Augment to match your workflow:

Fix Settings

• fixAugment.enabled: Enable or disable the Fix Augment extension
• fixAugment.autoFixDoubleQuotes: Automatically fix double quotes to prevent Augment errors
• fixAugment.warnLargeInput: Warn when input might be too large for Augment
• fixAugment.maxSafeInputSize: Maximum safe input size in characters (default: 8000)
• fixAugment.suggestTaskBreakdown: Suggest task breakdown for complex prompts

Output Settings

• fixAugment.outputFormat: Format to use for Augment outputs (default, enhanced, markdown)

Known Issues

• The extension may not detect all Augment outputs automatically
• Some syntax highlighting may not be accurate for all languages

Release Notes

2.2.0 - Smart Context & Process Management

• 🎛️ Interactive Dashboard: Visual control panel with real-time status monitoring
• 📱 Welcome Screen: Visual changelog that appears automatically after updates
• 🧠 Context Health Monitoring: Auto-detect long conversations and suggest refresh
• 📁 File Context Validation: Ensure Augment knows which file you're working on
• ⏱️ Process Timeout Protection: Monitor processes and suggest task breakdown
• 🔔 Smart Notifications: Real-time alerts with actionable buttons
• 📊 Session Metrics: Track exchanges, files processed, session duration
• 🎨 Modern UI: No more text-only settings - proper visual interface

2.1.0

• 🎯 Community-Driven Fixes: Based on real issues from Augment Discord community
• 🔧 Double Quote Bug Fix: Prevents "We encountered an issue sending your message" errors
• ⚠️ Large Input Protection: Warns about inputs that might cause credit loss
• 📋 Task Breakdown Assistant: Helps break down complex tasks to prevent failures
• 💰 Credit Protection: Pre-validation to avoid wasted credits
• 🧹 Focused Approach: Removed speculative features, focused on real problems

2.0.0

• Major Update: Complete modernization for Augment's 2025 feature set
• Agent Enhancement: Added Agent workflow optimization with context injection
• Next Edit Support: Added Next Edit context optimization for better suggestions
• Instructions Formatting: Added automatic formatting for natural language instructions
• Focused Approach: Streamlined to focus only on practical fixes and enhancements
• Updated Output Detection: Enhanced detection for modern Augment output formats
• Improved Integration: Better integration with Agent, Chat, Next Edit, Instructions, and Completions
• Streamlined UI: Cleaner interface focused on current Augment capabilities
• Enhanced Performance: Optimized for better performance and reliability

1.1.0

• Enhanced input processing and formatting
• Improved extension stability and performance
• Better integration with Augment workflows

1.0.0

• Major update to version 1.0.0
• Fixed highlight.js TypeScript integration
• Improved extension activation - now automatically enabled on installation
• Enhanced performance and reliability
• Streamlined user interface
• Better error handling and diagnostics

0.0.5

• Added smart chunking to preserve context in large inputs
• Added multiple syntax highlighting themes
• Added automatic output formatting
• Added code block optimization
• Fixed highlight.js integration
• Improved overall performance and reliability

0.0.1

• Initial release
• Basic input enhancement and output formatting
• Automatic chunking of large inputs
• Syntax highlighting for common languages

How It Works

Fix Augment automatically detects when you're using Augment and provides enhancement hooks:

Automatic Enhancements

• Agent Context Injection: Automatically adds workspace context when Agent starts
• Output Formatting: Enhances Augment's output with better syntax highlighting
• Smart Detection: Recognizes Agent, Chat, Next Edit, and Instructions workflows

Manual Enhancements

1. Select text in your editor
2. Right-click and choose from Fix Augment commands:
   • "Augment: Enhance Input" - Optimize text for better Augment understanding
   • "Augment: Format Output" - Improve formatting of Augment responses
   • "Augment: Enhance Agent Workflow" - Add context for Agent tasks
   • "Augment: Format Instructions" - Optimize natural language instructions

Integration Benefits

• Seamless: Works automatically with your existing Augment workflows
• Non-intrusive: Enhances without changing Augment's core functionality
• Contextual: Provides relevant workspace and file context to improve AI understanding

🛠️ Commands & Features

🎛️ Dashboard & UI

• Fix Augment: Open Dashboard - Interactive control panel with real-time status
• Fix Augment: Show Welcome & Changelog - Visual welcome screen with latest features

🧠 Smart Context Management

• Fix Augment: Check Context Health - Monitor conversation length and health
• Fix Augment: Refresh Context - Reset context counter and suggest new conversation
• Fix Augment: Validate File Context - Ensure Augment knows current file

⏱️ Process Management

• Fix Augment: Monitor Process - Track long-running operations and suggest breakdown

🔧 Fix Tools

• Fix Augment: Optimize Prompt for Augment - Applies all fixes and optimizations to selected text
• Fix Augment: Fix Double Quote Issues - Escapes double quotes to prevent Augment errors
• Fix Augment: Check Input Size - Warns if input might be too large and cause credit loss
• Fix Augment: Suggest Task Breakdown - Provides breakdown suggestions for complex tasks

🎨 Utility Commands

• Fix Augment: Format Output - Improves formatting of Augment responses
• Fix Augment: Toggle Enhancement - Enable/disable the extension

Contributing

Found a bug or have a feature request? Please visit our GitHub repository to:

• Report issues
• Suggest enhancements
• Contribute code improvements

About

This extension is developed and maintained by Romy Rianata (MrXploisLite) as an enhancement layer for the Augment ecosystem.

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial extension that enhances the official Augment extension. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Augment Computing.

🎯 Supercharge your Augment workflows with Fix Augment!