Pulse AI — VS Code Extension
Operational memory for AI coding. Capture decisions, dead-ends, and patterns from every session.
Setup
- Run
npx @glie/pulse-cli init in your terminal
- Install this extension
- Done — the extension reads your config automatically
Features
- Watcher — monitors commits and AI sessions, generates insight drafts via LLM
- Drafts sidebar — review, edit, publish or discard generated insights
- Search — full-text + semantic search across your knowledge base (
Ctrl+Shift+K)
- CodeLens — inline annotations showing related insights on source files
- MCP setup —
Ctrl+Shift+P → "Pulse: Setup MCP in this folder"
Commands
| Command |
Description |
Pulse: Search Knowledge Base |
Search insights (Ctrl+Shift+K) |
Pulse: Create Insight |
Manually create an insight |
Pulse: Publish & Push |
Publish local drafts to the server |
Pulse: Setup MCP in this folder |
Configure MCP for Claude Code / Codex |
Pulse: Start/Stop Watcher |
Toggle automatic insight generation |
Configuration
The extension reads from ~/.pulse/config.json (created by pulse init). No VS Code settings needed.
Optional VS Code settings for LLM:
| Setting |
Description |
pulse.llmProvider |
auto (default), anthropic, or openai |
pulse.llmApiKey |
API key for direct LLM fallback |
pulse.llmModel |
Model override |
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