Coda — Express Genix AI Assistant

AI-powered coding assistant for VS Code. Chat, explore code, and use agent mode with tool execution — directly from the sidebar.

Publishing & Deployment

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• VS Code
• GitHub CLI (gh) — authenticated
• Azure DevOps PAT for VS Code Marketplace publishing

Credentials

The PAT is stored in the Azure DevOps org settings under Personal Access Tokens (scope: Marketplace → Manage).

Build

cd coda
npm install
npm run build

This bundles everything into dist/extension.js via esbuild.

Version Bump

npm version <major|minor|patch> --no-git-tag-version
# or explicitly:
npm version 1.2.0 --no-git-tag-version

Publish to VS Code Marketplace

npx @vscode/vsce publish --pat <YOUR_PAT>

The extension will be available at:

• Marketplace: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=express-genix.coda-ai
• Manage: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/manage/publishers/express-genix/extensions/coda-ai/hub

Package VSIX & Install Locally

npx @vscode/vsce package -o coda-ai-<version>.vsix
code --install-extension coda-ai-<version>.vsix --force

Git Commit & Push

git add -A
git commit -m "feat: description (v<version>)"
git push

Create GitHub Release

gh release create v<version> coda-ai-<version>.vsix \
  --title "v<version> — Short Description" \
  --notes "### Changes
- Change 1
- Change 2"

Releases appear at: https://github.com/LambdaAI001/coda/releases

Full Release Checklist (copy-paste)

# 1. Build
npm run build

# 2. Bump version
npm version 1.x.x --no-git-tag-version

# 3. Package VSIX
npx @vscode/vsce package -o coda-ai-1.x.x.vsix

# 4. Install locally & test
code --install-extension coda-ai-1.x.x.vsix --force
# → Reload VS Code and verify

# 5. Publish to marketplace
npx @vscode/vsce publish --pat <PAT>

# 6. Commit & push
git add -A && git commit -m "feat: description (v1.x.x)" && git push

# 7. GitHub release
gh release create v1.x.x coda-ai-1.x.x.vsix \
  --title "v1.x.x — Description" \
  --notes "### Changes
- ..."