A suite of (mostly) internal Aident development helpers for Business Central AL projects.
📦 Features
| Title |
Description |
| Create development container |
Spins up a Windows BC container. |
| Change affix of object(s) |
Bulk-add or modify object prefixes/suffixes in your AL workspace. |
Remove affix from *.al files |
Strip configured prefixes/suffixes from your AL file names. |
| Add cloud configuration |
Injects common cloud settings into your launch.json. |
🚀 Getting Started
Install
Search for Aident Tools in the VS Code Extension Marketplace and install.
Ensure the AL Language extension is installed
This extension depends on the official AL Language support in VS Code.
Run a command
Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P), type Aident Tools, and pick the action you need.
🔧 Prerequisites
- Docker Desktop (Windows containers mode)
- PowerShell (Windows built-in or PowerShell 7+ on your PATH)
- Git CLI (for repo-origin checks)
⚙️ Configuration
You can tweak settings under Preferences → Settings → Aident Tools:
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
aident-tools.allowedRepos |
["github.com/<your-organization>/*"] |
List of allowed Git origin patterns for running container script |
aident-tools.sortNamespace |
true |
Sort 'using' statements on save for AL files |
📸 Screenshots
QuickPick for spinning up a new BC container
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