Cascade Code Intelligence

Local dependency, change-impact, cycle, architecture, and affected-test intelligence powered by Cascade.

Privacy and execution

Cascade analyzes files on your machine. It does not include telemetry, upload source code, or require a hosted Cascade account. Background analysis is disabled by default and runs only after you enable cascade.backgroundAnalysis. The extension reads project files as data; it does not execute source code from the workspace.

The dashboard is served locally with a random access token and is not intended for network exposure.

Commands

Cascade: Analyze Current File
Cascade: Show Dependents
Cascade: Show Dependency Path
Cascade: Show Affected Tests
Cascade: Open Dashboard
Cascade: Refresh Workspace

Settings

Setting	Default	Purpose
`cascade.backgroundAnalysis`	`false`	Analyze locally after saved changes
`cascade.debounceMs`	`750`	Saved-change analysis delay
`cascade.maxFiles`	`100000`	Maximum files in an analysis graph
`cascade.maxEdges`	`300000`	Maximum dependency edges
`cascade.maxTraversalDepth`	`30`	Maximum transitive-query depth
`cascade.codeLens`	`true`	Show dependency and impact counts
`cascade.servicePath`	empty	Optional editor-service executable override
`cascade.cliPath`	empty	Optional Cascade CLI executable override

Language support and limitations

Cascade supports the languages and confidence levels listed in the language-support guide. Results depend on static evidence, available project metadata, configured limits, generated-code exclusions, and unresolved dynamic imports. Treat affected-test output and change-risk indicators as review aids rather than proofs.

Multi-root workspaces and paths containing spaces, parentheses, and Unicode are supported. A local Node.js runtime compatible with the extension’s VS Code host is required.

Installation

For the first Marketplace beta, open the extension page, choose Switch to Pre-Release Version, and confirm publisher cascade-code. To install an inspected VSIX manually, run:

code --install-extension "cascade-code-intelligence-3.3.0-prerelease.vsix" --force

Troubleshooting and support

If analysis does not start, open a workspace folder, run Cascade: Refresh Workspace, and check that configured file and edge limits are appropriate. For dashboard launch failures, install the Cascade CLI or set cascade.cliPath.

Use GitHub Issues for support. Report suspected security issues through the repository’s security policy, not a public issue.