AI Stack Kit
Install reusable AI workflows like packages, directly from your IDE.
AI Stack Kit helps developers and AI engineers discover, install, and sync skills, subagents, and hooks across Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude. Keep the workflows your team depends on in a repo-local spec.yaml, or add your personal toolkit once at the profile level and use it everywhere.
Install
- VS Code 1.85+: Visual Studio Marketplace
- Cursor / VSCodium / Gitpod: Open VSX Registry (open Extensions in Cursor and search for "AI Stack Kit")
- Offline / pre-release: grab the
.vsix from a GitHub release and run code --install-extension ai-stack-kit-*.vsix or cursor --install-extension ai-stack-kit-*.vsix
Features
- Browse AI workflows in your editor: search the bundled catalog without leaving VS Code or Cursor.
- Install to a project or your profile: share team workflows through a repo
spec.yaml, or keep your own global toolkit in ~/.aistack/spec.yaml.
- Sync once, target many AI clients: generate the right files for Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and Claude.
- See exactly what is installed: Modules and Outputs views separate Project and Profile scope, so you know where each workflow lives.
- Use the same engine as the CLI: no global CLI install required, but the extension stays compatible with terminal and CI workflows.
Project vs Profile
- Add to project writes to the open repo's
spec.yaml; sync installs into .cursor/, .github/, .claude/ inside the repo so workflows can be shared through git.
- Add to profile writes to
~/.aistack/spec.yaml; sync installs into ~/.cursor, ~/.copilot, ~/.claude so your personal toolkit is available across every project on this machine.
What You Get
- Modules tree: installed modules grouped by Project and Profile
- Catalog webview: search, preview, and install workflows with clear scope-aware buttons
- Outputs tree: generated files for project and profile specs
- Commands: Initialize, Sync, Doctor, Search/Add, Switch Client
- Settings:
aiStackKit.clientType, aiStackKit.githubToken, aiStackKit.dryRun, aiStackKit.autoSyncOnSave
Quick start
- Open a project folder.
- Run AI Stack Kit: Initialize Workspace from the Command Palette.
- Browse Catalog and choose Add to project or Add to profile, or run Search Catalog....
- Run Sync from the status bar ($(sync) AI Stack) to apply project and profile specs.
Open the AI Stack Kit icon on the Activity Bar (far left) for Modules → Catalog → Outputs. The globe on Catalog opens the hosted skill browser in your browser.
Settings
| Setting |
Description |
aiStackKit.clientType |
Default cursor, copilot, or claude on init |
aiStackKit.installScope |
Default install scope for Initialize Workspace (project or user) |
aiStackKit.githubToken |
GitHub PAT for catalog search (same role as GITHUB_TOKEN for the CLI) |
aiStackKit.dryRun |
Preview sync without writing files |
aiStackKit.autoSyncOnSave |
Sync when spec.yaml is saved |
CLI
This extension bundles the same engine as the AI Stack Kit CLI. Install globally with npm install -g ai-stack-kit if you prefer the terminal.
Documentation
Issues
Use Help → Report Issue or GitHub Issues.
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