PixelNotes
A pixel-art retro office sidebar for VS Code — take notes, attach code references, and send context to AI, all without leaving your editor.
Features
- 🏠 Pixel-art office — an animated retro room with a scribe, roaming NPCs, and a cat that lives in your sidebar
- 📝 Note editor — create, edit, search, and tag notes scoped to your workspace
- 📌 Pinned notes — pin important notes so they always appear at the top of the list
- ☑️ Interactive checkboxes — write
- [ ] task in any note and check items off right in the UI
- 🔗 Code references — attach file links, single lines, or block ranges to any note; click to jump back instantly
- 🤖 Send to AI — push a formatted note directly into GitHub Copilot Chat
- 🧠 AI summarize — one-click summary of any note sent straight to Copilot
- ✨ Generate from selection — right-click highlighted code → create a note and ask AI to explain it
- 💾 Export note — save any note as a
.md file with all references and tags included
- ✅ Auto-save — notes save automatically as you type
- 🔗 Note linking — type
[[Note Title]] to link between notes
- 🔥 Daily streaks — keep a writing streak going; your flame badge grows with consecutive days
- ⌨️ Typing speed tracker — live WPM displayed while you write
- 🎨 Seasonal decorations — Christmas lights, Halloween pumpkin, cherry blossoms depending on the month
- ☕ Break room — switch to the break room for a chill pixel vibe (and a few games)
- 🎮 Arcade games — click the Pong or Breakout cabinet in the break room to play
- 🐱 Easter eggs — click the coffee mug, the cat, the monitor, the plant, or the bookshelf; try the Konami code
Usage
- Click the PixelNotes icon in the Activity Bar
- Hit + New Note or use a template (Bug Report, Task List, Meeting Notes, Research)
- Right-click any line in the editor → Add Code Reference to Note
- Click a file, highlight multiple lines, or select an entire file — all supported as references
- Right-click selected code → Explain Selection with AI & Create Note to auto-generate a note
- Click Summarize ✦ to get an AI summary of the current note
- Click ↓ Export to save the note as a markdown file
- Switch to the ☕ Break room tab and click an arcade cabinet for Pong or Breakout
Easter Eggs
🥚 The office is hiding secrets. Poke around — the room rewards curiosity.
(Spoilers in SECRETS.md if you can't resist.)
Requirements
- VS Code 1.100+
- GitHub Copilot (optional, for AI features)
License
MIT
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