BugWhisper AI — Instant Error Diagnosis

Paste an error, get a fix. BugWhisper AI analyzes stack traces, error messages, and bug descriptions to give you the root cause, fix, and prevention strategy.

Features

🐛 Diagnose Selected Text

Select any error message or stack trace in your editor and get an instant AI-powered diagnosis.

How: Select error text → Command Palette → "BugWhisper: Diagnose Selection"

📋 Diagnose from Clipboard

Copied an error from the browser console or a chat? Diagnose it directly from your clipboard.

How: Command Palette → "BugWhisper: Diagnose from Clipboard"

💻 Diagnose from Terminal

Paste a terminal error and get an explanation + fix.

How: Command Palette → "BugWhisper: Diagnose Terminal Output"

What You Get

Every diagnosis includes:

Root Cause — What's actually going wrong
Fix — Exact code change or steps to resolve it
Why — Explanation of why the fix works
Prevention — How to prevent this in the future

Results appear in a beautiful side panel with syntax highlighting.

Setup

Install the extension
Run "BugWhisper: Set OpenAI API Key" from the Command Palette
Enter your OpenAI API key
Start diagnosing!

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
`bugwhisper.model`	`gpt-4o-mini`	OpenAI model to use
`bugwhisper.includeFileContext`	`true`	Include surrounding code as context

BYOK (Bring Your Own Key)

BugWhisper uses your own OpenAI API key. Your code and errors go directly to OpenAI — never through our servers.

Cost: ~$0.002 per diagnosis with gpt-4o-mini.

Privacy

API key stored in VS Code's encrypted secret storage
No telemetry, no data collection
Code sent directly to OpenAI API only
Privacy Policy

License

MIT

BugWhisper AI — Smart Error Diagnostics

Greenbelt Ventures