Endpoint Explorer
A VS Code extension that analyzes your repo with Claude to discover every API endpoint it serves, then lets you call them Postman-style — with shared auth configured once for the whole workspace.
Features
- Analyze — the search button on the Endpoints view sends your repo to Claude and catalogs every server-side route: method, path, params, headers, example bodies, and whether auth is required.
- Postman-style requests — click an endpoint to open a request editor pre-filled with everything Claude found. Edit params/headers/body, hit Send, see status/time/headers/body.
- Shared Authorization panel — set the base URL and auth (Bearer / Basic / API-key header) once in the sidebar; it's merged into every request automatically.
- Templates — Save any request as a named template. Templates live in
.endpoint-explorer/templates.json in your workspace, so they can be committed and shared.
Claude providers
Set endpointExplorer.provider in settings:
| Provider |
How it works |
api (default) |
Calls the Claude API directly via @anthropic-ai/sdk. Run Endpoint Explorer: Set Anthropic API Key once (stored in VS Code SecretStorage). Billed per token. Model configurable via endpointExplorer.model (default claude-opus-4-8). |
claude-cli |
Shells out to your installed claude CLI, which explores the repo itself using your existing Claude Code login. No API key needed. Path configurable via endpointExplorer.cliPath. |
Installing
Not yet on the marketplace. Until then, install from a .vsix:
Grab the latest .vsix from the Releases page (or build one yourself with npm install && npm run package).
In VS Code: Extensions view → … menu → Install from VSIX…, or from a terminal:
code --install-extension endpoint-explorer-*.vsix
Development
npm install
npm run compile # or: npm run watch
Press F5 in VS Code to launch the Extension Development Host, then open a repo with an API in it and hit the Endpoint Explorer icon in the activity bar.
Releasing
CI builds and uploads a .vsix artifact on every push to main. To cut a downloadable release, push a version tag:
npm version patch # bumps package.json + creates the tag
git push --follow-tags
The release workflow packages the extension and attaches the .vsix to a GitHub release.
License
MIT
