KnotenCore — VS Code Language Support ⚡

Provides advanced language support for the KnotenCore AI-Native Execution Runtime. This extension bridges the gap between the bare-metal engine and your IDE, offering a premium development experience for both human architects and autonomous agents.

🚀 Features

🔌 Language Server (LSP) — Phase 2 & 3

The native knoten_lsp server provides deep intelligence for .nod (AST) and .knoten (DSL) files:

• Real-time Diagnostics: Catches ERR_UNKNOWN_NODE (hallucinated nodes) and ERR_JSON_PARSE immediately.
• Hover Documentation: Hover over any registry_* or Call function to see full Markdown documentation, parameters, and return types sourced from the official engine registry.
• Intelligent Auto-completion: Context-aware suggestions for all OpCodes and native FFI functions.
• Structural Tracing: View server lifecycle and diagnostics in the Output → knoten-lsp channel.

🎨 Semantic Highlighting

• Knoten DSL: Full grammar for the neural scripting language, including hex literals, bitwise operators, and UI layout primitives.
• AST Nodes: High-contrast highlighting for the full instruction set (If, While, Assign, Constant, etc.).
• Native FFI: Specialized colors for namespaces like registry.*, ui.*, fs.*, and sys.*.

⚡ Developer Productivity

• Code Snippets: Instant boilerplate for window management, raycasting, and UI layout patterns (try kc-window or kc-uiwindow).
• Bracket Matching: Intelligent pairing for {}, [], and ().

📂 Supported File Types

🛠️ Installation

3-Step Setup for Full Language Support:

Step 1: Install Extension

Install directly from the VS Code Marketplace or manually via .vsix: code --install-extension holger-bl.knotencore-1.0.0.vsix

Step 2: Clone & Build Engine

The extension requires the knoten_lsp Language Server to provide advanced features.

git clone https://github.com/holgerbaer-bl/KnotenCore.git
cd KnotenCore/aether_compiler
cargo build --release --bin knoten_lsp

Step 3: Run & Configure

The extension automatically searches your workspace (and PATH) for the compiled knoten_lsp binary. Alternatively, you can explicitly set the path in your VS Code settings: "knotencore.lspPath": "C:/path/to/knoten_lsp.exe"

🛡️ License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root for more information.

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