FrontAgent
FrontAgent can now be used in two ways: the original fa CLI for terminal-first workflows, and this VS Code extension for a sidebar chat workflow.
This extension brings FrontAgent into VS Code as a Copilot-style sidebar chat. Configure your model once, attach the current file or selection, and ask FrontAgent to explain, edit, or debug your workspace without leaving the editor.
Usage
- Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace.
- Open a project folder in VS Code.
- Run
FrontAgent: Configure and set your OpenAI-compatible or Anthropic API key.
- Open the FrontAgent chat view from the Activity Bar.
- Ask a question or request an edit, optionally with the current file, selected text, or a browser URL attached.
You can still use the CLI in the same project:
fa init
fa run "Create a user login page"
Features
- Chat with FrontAgent from the Activity Bar.
- Use the current file or selected text as chat context.
- Attach a browser URL as task context.
- Review phase, step, and RAG details in a collapsible run panel.
- Approve or reject sensitive tool actions inline.
- Initialize and validate
sdd.yaml.
- Open run logs written under
.frontagent/runs.
Requirements
FrontAgent for VS Code is a desktop extension. It uses Node.js, local file system access, shell tooling, and browser automation capabilities from the FrontAgent runtime.
Configure a provider, model, base URL, and API key with FrontAgent: Configure or the sidebar configuration panel before running tasks. API keys are stored in VS Code SecretStorage.
Extension Settings
frontagent.provider: LLM provider, anthropic or openai.frontagent.model: Model name.frontagent.baseUrl: API base URL.frontagent.maxTokens: Maximum output tokens.frontagent.temperature: Sampling temperature.frontagent.securityMode: Tool execution security mode.frontagent.rag.enabled: Enable the remote knowledge-base RAG flow.frontagent.rag.repo: Knowledge-base Git repository.frontagent.rag.branch: Knowledge-base branch.frontagent.runLog.enabled: Enable run logs.
Known Limits
- Web extensions are not supported.
- Only one active FrontAgent run is allowed per workspace in this first version.
- Cancel is cooperative and stops at phase/step boundaries.
