siGit Code — On-device AI Coding Agent
Your code never has to leave your machine. siGit Code is a local-first AI
coding agent for VS Code. It runs the on-device sigit
agent, a quantized (GGUF) model that executes entirely on your hardware and
works offline, and brings it into the editor as a chat-driven pair programmer.
There are no cloud round-trips and no API keys for the default agent. The model
lives on your device, and so does your code.
siGit Code also speaks the open Agent Client
Protocol (ACP), so it can drive other
ACP-compatible agents over stdio. The on-device agent is still the point.
Why local-first
- Your prompts and file contents stay on your machine.
- It works offline, including on a plane or behind an air gap.
- There is no per-token billing, so you can run it as much as your hardware allows.
- You choose the model and the weights, and they do not change underneath you.
ACP and multi-agent support are there for when you need a hosted agent. They are
not the headline.
Requirements
- VS Code
^1.90.0
- The
sigit binary on your PATH.
Install it from code.sigit.si.
siGit Code only spawns the sigit binary over ACP, so it has no build-time
dependency on the agent. Install the agent separately.
Getting started
- Install the
sigit agent (see code.sigit.si) and
confirm sigit runs from your terminal.
- Install this extension.
- Click the siGit Code icon in the Activity Bar to open the chat view.
- Type a prompt and press Enter. The extension spawns the agent, opens a
session in your workspace folder, and streams the response.
Commands (Command Palette):
| Command |
Description |
siGit: Open Chat |
Reveal the chat view. |
siGit: New Session |
Start a fresh session with the active agent. |
siGit: Select Agent |
Pick an agent from the registry. |
siGit: Restart Agent |
Restart the active agent process. |
Configuration
| Setting |
Type |
Default |
Description |
sigit.agent.default |
string |
"sigit" |
Key of the agent used by default, looked up in sigit.agents. |
sigit.agents |
object |
on-device sigit |
Registry of ACP agents ({ name, command, args, env }). |
sigit.permission.mode |
enum |
"prompt" |
prompt, allow, or deny for agent-requested actions. |
Add another ACP agent
The default registry contains only the on-device agent. To add another
ACP-compatible agent, extend sigit.agents in your settings.json:
{
"sigit.agents": {
"sigit": {
"name": "siGit (on-device)",
"command": "sigit",
"args": [],
"env": {}
},
"claude-code": {
"name": "Claude Code (ACP)",
"command": "claude-code-acp",
"args": [],
"env": {}
},
"gemini": {
"name": "Gemini CLI (ACP)",
"command": "gemini",
"args": ["--experimental-acp"],
"env": {}
}
},
"sigit.agent.default": "sigit"
}
Then run siGit: Select Agent to switch between them.
Development
This project uses pnpm.
pnpm install
pnpm run watch # esbuild in watch mode
# Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host
Other scripts:
pnpm run compile # tsc --noEmit type check
pnpm run lint # eslint
pnpm run build # production bundle (esbuild)
pnpm run test:smoke # ACP round-trip against a mock agent
pnpm run package # vsce package (.vsix)
Releasing
Publishing is automated by .github/workflows/publish.yml.
It runs the test suite, packages one .vsix, and publishes that same file to the
VS Code Marketplace (vsce) and Open VSX (ovsx).
One-time setup, stored as repository secrets:
VSCE_PAT: an Azure DevOps personal access token for the getsigit
Marketplace publisher (Marketplace > Manage scope).
OVSX_PAT: an access token for the getsigit namespace on
open-vsx.org. The workflow creates the namespace on
first publish if it does not exist.
To cut a release:
- Bump
version in package.json and add a CHANGELOG.md entry.
- Push to
main, then create a GitHub Release whose tag is v<version> (for
example v1.0.1). The workflow checks the tag against package.json and
fails on a mismatch.
- The release publishes to both registries and attaches the
.vsix to the
GitHub Release.
To test packaging without publishing, run the workflow manually from the Actions
tab with publish left unchecked. It uploads the .vsix as a build artifact.
License
MIT © 2026 siGit Code & Deploy