Writing Coach

AI writing assistant that provides feedback as you write, without writing for you.

Writing Coach helps you develop your ideas by asking contextual questions when you pause, and by highlighting structural issues like abrupt transitions, unclear references, and tonal shifts.

Features

Trigger Prompts

When you stop typing for a few seconds, a contextual question appears as ghost text to nudge your thinking forward. It disappears as soon as you start typing again — no interruption to your flow.

Flow Analysis

Analyzes the logical structure of your document and surfaces issues as squiggly underlines (via VS Code diagnostics). Catches things like:

• Abrupt topic transitions
• Unclear pronoun references
• Tonal shifts
• Logical gaps between paragraphs

Run it manually with the Writing Coach: Analyze Flow command, or let it run automatically as you write.

Supported File Types

• Markdown (.md)
• MDX (.mdx)
• LaTeX (.tex)
• Plain text (.txt)

Getting Started

1. Install the extension
2. Set the API endpoint URL in settings: writing-coach.lambda.endpointUrl
3. Set your API key via the command palette: Writing Coach: Set API Key
4. Open a supported file and start writing

Commands

Settings

Status Bar

A status bar item shows whether Writing Coach is active. Click it to toggle the extension on or off.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or later
• A deployed Writing Coach backend with a valid API endpoint and key