Chysta's AI coding agent inside VS Code — run agent tasks on your workspace, approve commands before they run, review diffs, and rewind to checkpoints.
Features
Agent chat in the sidebar or a full editor tab — describe a task, the agent reads and edits your workspace.
Command approval — every shell command the agent wants to run is shown to you first (with an optional bypass mode for trusted sessions).
Diff review — see all changes from the last run before you keep them.
Checkpoints & rewind — restore your workspace to the state before any agent step.
Send selection to agent — right-click selected code and ask about it directly.
Getting started
Install the extension.
Open the Chysta Code icon in the activity bar.
Run Chysta Code: Login from the command palette and follow the sign-in flow.
Start a session and give the agent a task.
Requirements
A Chysta account. The extension talks to the Chysta backend (chystaCode.backendUrl, preconfigured) — model API keys stay on the server; nothing is stored in the editor.
Extension settings
Setting
Description
chystaCode.backendUrl
Chysta backend base URL. Only change this if you self-host the backend.
