Cadabra for VS Code

Language support for Cadabra database schema files (.cadabra).

Features

Syntax highlighting for .cadabra files
Custom file icon in explorer and tabs
Code snippets for all block types
Bracket matching, auto-closing, and code folding
Comment toggling (# and /* */)

Snippets

Prefix	Description
`db`	Database connection block
`table`	Table with id column
`column`	Column definition
`columnv`	Column with varchar type
`columnc`	Column with comment
`id`	Serial primary key
`idbig`	Bigint identity primary key
`created`	created_at timestamp column
`updated`	updated_at timestamp column
`index`	Index definition
`fk`	Foreign key constraint
`enum`	Enum type
`check`	Check constraint

Example

db "postgres" {
  host     = "localhost"
  port     = 5432
  user     = "postgres"
  password = env("DB_PASSWORD")
  name     = "myapp"
}

table "users" {
  column "id" {
    type        = serial
    primary_key = true
  }
  column "email" {
    type     = "varchar(255)"
    not_null = true
    unique   = true
  }
}

Install

Search "Cadabra" in the VS Code extensions marketplace, or:

ext install abradb.cadabra-vscode

Build from Source

Requires Node.js 16+.

# Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/abradb/cadabra-vscode.git
cd cadabra-vscode

# Install vsce (VS Code Extension CLI)
npm install -g @vscode/vsce

# Package the extension
vsce package

# Install locally (use the generated .vsix filename)
code --install-extension cadabra-vscode-*.vsix

Development

To iterate without re-packaging, symlink the extension into VS Code:

ln -s "$(pwd)" ~/.vscode/extensions/abradb.cadabra-vscode

Reload VS Code (Cmd+Shift+P > "Developer: Reload Window") after making changes.

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