Production-ready VS Code sidebar for building high-quality ctxeng context and asking AI providers with secure key storage, live streaming output, and actionable code workflows.
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Installation
Install the Python package:
pip install ctxeng
Install this extension (vscode-ctxeng) in VSCode.
Open a project folder.
Features
CtxEng AI Sidebar
Dedicated "CtxEng AI" activity bar view with provider/model selection, query input, context preview, and AI response panels.
Context Build + Explain
Build Context runs ctxeng build --fmt markdown.
Explain Current File scopes context to the active file.
Live Loading States
Shows ⏳ Building context... and ⏳ Asking AI....
Disables actions while tasks are running and restores controls on success/error.
Streaming AI Responses
Streams tokens/chunks in real time for providers with streaming APIs.
Gracefully falls back to non-streaming providers.
Clickable File Navigation
Selected files in the sidebar open directly in editor and are revealed in Explorer.
Diff View for AI Suggestions
Show Diff compares original selected code (or full file) with AI-generated suggestion using VS Code diff.
Metrics Dashboard
Live Tokens / Estimated Cost / Files count from parsed ctxeng output.
Secure API Keys
Keys are stored in VS Code SecretStorage (never in settings).
