Emergent Coding for Visual Studio Code
This extension provides rich Emergent Coding language support for Visual Studio Code (VS Code). Now you can write and debug Emergent Coding expressions using the excellent IDE-like interface that VS Code provides.
Features
- Syntax highlighting
- Code snippets
- IntelliSense for contract specifications, protocol specifications and more
- Bulk Expression Validation for workspace-wide diagnostics triage
Bulk Expression Validation
Bulk Expression Validation lets you recursively scan workspace folders for Emergent diagnostics and work through them in a dedicated tree view.
How to start
- Open the Command Palette (
Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P).
- Run
Emergent: Start Bulk Expression Validation.
- Use the
Bulk Expression Validation view in Explorer to click through diagnostics and jump directly to file locations.
Commands
Emergent: Start Bulk Expression ValidationEmergent: Rescan Bulk Expression ValidationEmergent: Next Bulk Expression FileEmergent: Previous Bulk Expression FileEmergent: Skip Bulk Expression FileEmergent: Clear Bulk Expression Validation
Default keybindings
Ctrl+Alt+E Ctrl+F: Start/Focus Bulk Expression ValidationCtrl+Alt+E Ctrl+N: Next diagnosticCtrl+Alt+E Ctrl+P: Previous diagnosticCtrl+Alt+E Ctrl+S: Skip diagnostic (session-only)Ctrl+Alt+E Ctrl+R: RescanCtrl+Alt+S: Show specification at cursor/classificationCtrl+Alt+Shift+S: Open local specification at cursor/classification
Configuration
Key settings are grouped as follows:
| Group |
Key Prefix |
Purpose |
| Studio Connection |
studio.* |
Configure Studio endpoint and network |
| Specification Fetch & Cache |
emergent.specCache.* |
Runtime fetch/cache behavior (TTL, retry, timeout, fallback) |
| Specification Authoring |
specification.* |
Local roots, filename templates, default supplier |
| Hover |
emergent.hover.* |
Enable/disable hover |
| Bulk Validation |
emergent.autopilotExtension, emergent.pilotExtension, emergent.bulkValidation* |
Corpus scan behavior |
| Protocol Design |
protocolDesign.* |
.pdd selection and override |
| Diagnostics & Tracing |
emergent.maxNumberOfProblems, emergent.trace.server, emergent.hoverDebugLogging |
Diagnostic volume and logging |
Legacy gateway.* settings are deprecated, auto-migrated when possible, and planned for removal in 0.12.0.
For detailed defaults, behavior notes, and migration guidance, see Configuration Guide.
Additional Commands
Emergent: Show Configuration Diagnostics (opens a report of effective configuration values and runtime paths)
Notes
- Bulk Expression Validation results coexist with live language-server diagnostics.
Skip is temporary and only applies to the current session.- Saving a file after a fix automatically marks matching items as resolved and advances to the next pending item.
Installing the Extension
You can install the official release of the Emergent Coding extension by following the steps in the Visual Studio Code documentation. In the Extensions pane, search for "Emergent Coding" extension and install it there. You will get notified automatically about any future extension updates!
Reporting Problems
If you experience any problems with the Emergent Coding Extension, see the troubleshooting docs for information on diagnosing and reporting issues.
Contributing to the Code
Check out the development documentation for more details on how to contribute to this extension!
License
This extension is licensed under the MIT License. Please see the third-party notices file for details on the third-party binaries that we include with releases of this project.
