sr-assist-prompt README

Extension which organizes and prompts snippets, shells, and readme instructions.

It provides an assist prompt facility where assist items are prompted as ghost text and then selected from the keyboard and possibly with a hover provider. This extension also organizes assist items into a tree where the user navigates the tree to find and select the desired assist item.

Features

build

npm run compile or f5 to launch extension in debug mode

Installation

browse to this link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=SteveRichter.sr-assist-prompt click install

or CTRL+SHIFT+P type "Extensions: Install from VSIX..." select the .vsix file you created

publish

1. Update the version number in package.json
2. Run vsce package to create the .vsix file
3. Run vsce publish to publish the new version to the marketplace

features

• type _assist to trigger the assist prompt and then select from the list of assist items. Assist items can be snippets, shell commands, or step by step instructions.
• synchronize snippets from the code-snippets folder of assist github repo to the vscode user snippets folder. This enables snippets to deployed and updated whenever there are new or changed snippets in the github repo.

todo

2026-03-26 done - Import snippets from github repo at extension activation and copy to vscode snippets folder. Provide a command that lists the names of each added snippet. Write the list to browser, similar to how open file in browser command works.

2026-03-25 done - rename from sr-snippet-prompt to sr-assist-prompt since it will contain more than just snippets. It will also contain shell commands and step by step instructions.

• use '..' to return to previous branch level
• initial prompt word is somehow defined in assist-prompt.json file

shells

shell type prompt items contain instructions for how to create a new file with source code or a new folder with templated source files.