LM Studio Assistant for VS Code

Local coding assistant for VS Code that talks to your LM Studio OpenAI-compatible server and can use workspace tools to:

• list files
• read files
• search text
• apply edits
• write files

Features

• Sidebar chat UI in VS Code
• Tool-using workflow for grounded file operations
• Configurable LM Studio base URL and model
• Local-first workflow (no required cloud API)

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or newer
• LM Studio running locally with API server enabled
• An available model (for example: openai/gpt-oss-20b)

Extension Settings

• lmstudioAssistant.baseUrl (default: http://localhost:1234/v1)
• lmstudioAssistant.model (default: local-model)
• lmstudioAssistant.maxToolTurns
• lmstudioAssistant.maxSearchResults
• lmstudioAssistant.maxFileBytes

Development

npm ci
npm run compile

Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host.

Package for Marketplace

npm run compile
npm run package

This generates a .vsix package in the workspace root.

Publish to VS Code Marketplace

1. Create a publisher at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage
2. Ensure publisher ID matches package.json -> publisher
3. Create an Azure DevOps PAT with Marketplace publish permissions
4. Login and publish:

npx vsce login elliotone
npm run publish:patch

Open Source and GitHub

Initialize git and push:

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial open-source release"
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/ElliotOne/lmstudio-assistant-vscode.git
git push -u origin main

Notes

• Marketplace icon is set to media/lmstudio.png (128x128) generated from the LM Studio SVG.