Chant for VS Code
Infrastructure-as-code toolkit — LSP integration for chant projects.
Also works in Cursor (VS Code fork).
Features
- Completions — resource types, properties, and intrinsics
- Hover — inline documentation for resources and properties
- Diagnostics — lint rules and type errors
- Code actions — quick fixes from chant lint rules
- MCP registration — auto-configures
.vscode/mcp.json for AI agent integration
Requirements
- A chant project (contains
chant.config.ts or chant.config.json)
- The
chant CLI installed locally (npm install @intentius/chant) or globally
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
chant.server.path |
"chant" |
Path to the chant CLI binary |
chant.server.args |
["serve", "lsp"] |
Arguments passed to start the LSP server |
chant.enable |
true |
Enable the Chant language server |
Binary Resolution
The extension finds the chant CLI in this order:
chant.server.path setting (if user-configured){workspaceFolder}/node_modules/.bin/chantchant on PATH
Development
cd editors/vscode
npm install
npm run build # one-shot build
npm run watch # rebuild on change
npm run package # produce .vsix
Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host for testing.
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