Jessie AI — VS Code Extension (v3.0.0)

Hosted backend URL: https://jessie-ai-xpv2.onrender.com

Health check: https://jessie-ai-xpv2.onrender.com/health

Bring your own Claude / OpenAI / Gemini API key. Keys stay on your device (SecretStorage) and are never saved on the server.

Install (VSIX)

1. Download / use jessie-ai-3.0.0.vsix from this folder.
2. In VS Code or Cursor:
   • Ctrl+Shift+P → Extensions: Install from VSIX…
   • Select jessie-ai-3.0.0.vsix
3. Reload the window if asked.

Default setting jessie.backendUrl is already set to:

https://jessie-ai-xpv2.onrender.com

First-run setup (~60 seconds)

On activate, Jessie opens a 3-screen wizard:

1. Welcome — shows backend URL + online status
2. API key — Anthropic / OpenAI / Gemini → Validate (POST /verify)
3. Your name — saved as jessie.userId

Status bar:

• Jessie — API key needed → click to setup
• Jessie — ready (Anthropic) → good to go

Commands

Settings

Package from source

cd extension
npm install
npm run compile
npx vsce package --allow-missing-repository

Output: jessie-ai-3.0.0.vsix

Note (Render free tier)

First request after idle can take ~50s while the server wakes up.