Vibe Coding — VS Code Extension
AI-first project governance directly in your IDE
Features
- 🛡️ Policy Sidebar — Browse project policies (Git, Security, Testing) in the activity bar
- 📋 Architecture Decisions — View ADRs (Architecture Decision Records)
- ⚡ Stack Detection — Auto-detect your framework, language, auth, database
- 🚀 Initialize Project — Generate AGENTS.md, .iderules, and policies with one command
- 🔍 Check Project — Validate governance setup (6 checks)
- 🔄 Refresh Context — Auto-update AGENTS.md from current codebase
- ✨ Optimize Prompt — Transform vague prompts into structured instructions
- 💬 Chat / Plan Task — Generate
vibe-plan.md and vibe-prompt.md from a task description
- 🗂️ Sync Templates & Prompts — Install starter templates and reusable AI prompts
- 👁️ Review Code — Scan active, changed, staged, or base-ref files for common issues
- 📖 Context Panel — Rich webview with project overview, AGENTS.md, and .iderules
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Vibe: Initialize Project |
Generate governance files |
Vibe: Check Project |
Run 6 validation checks |
Vibe: Refresh Context |
Update AGENTS.md from codebase |
Vibe: Optimize Prompt |
Optimize a prompt for AI agents |
Vibe: Chat / Plan Task |
Generate vibe-plan.md and vibe-prompt.md |
Vibe: Sync Templates & Prompts |
Install templates or reusable prompts |
Vibe: Show Project Context |
Open context webview panel |
Open AGENTS.md |
Open project's AGENTS.md |
Open .iderules |
Open project's .iderules |
Generated Files
project/
├── AGENTS.md ← Main agent context
├── .iderules ← IDE rules
└── .vibecoding/
├── policies/
│ ├── git-policy.md
│ ├── security-policy.md
│ └── testing-policy.md
└── decisions/
└── ADR-001-architecture.md
CLI Integration
When @vibecoding/cli is installed in the workspace (or globally available), the extension delegates Vibe: Initialize Project and Vibe: Refresh Context to it. This means the extension automatically uses your configured LLM (OPENAI_API_KEY or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY) and preserves existing AGENTS.md content with merge markers. If the CLI is not available, the extension falls back to a built-in heuristic generator.
You can disable LLM calls in the extension settings (the-vibecoding-handbook.useLLM).
Install
Install from the VS Code Marketplace.
Visit the-vibecoding-handbook.com for the complete handbook.
Publishing
The extension is published manually with vsce.
cd vscode-extension
npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce login TheVibecoder
vsce publish
Requirements:
- A Personal Access Token with the
Marketplace scope.
- The token must be added to
vsce via vsce login or passed with --pat <token>.
- The version in
package.json must be bumped before each publish.
CI does not auto-publish the extension; only the CLI is published via .github/workflows/release.yml.
Learn More
Visit The-vibecoding-handbook.com for the complete handbook.
