BC Code Intelligence

AI-powered Business Central development assistant with specialist personas for VSCode.

Overview

BC Code Intelligence brings 16 AI specialist personas to your Business Central/AL development workflow. Each specialist has deep expertise in specific areas - from debugging and testing to architecture and security - providing contextual guidance through VSCode's chat interface.

Features

Specialist Personas

Knowledge Layers

BC Code Intelligence uses a layered knowledge system:

1. Embedded - Built-in BC/AL best practices (always active)
2. Company - Organization-wide standards from a Git repository
3. Team - Team-specific overrides
4. Project - Local project customizations

Workflows

Multi-phase guided workflows for complex tasks:

• Code Optimization
• Architecture Review
• Security Audit
• Testing Strategy
• Bug Investigation

Installation

Prerequisites

• VSCode 1.100.0 or later
• GitHub Copilot extension (for chat functionality)
• Node.js 20+ (for MCP server)

From Source

# Clone the repository with submodules
git clone --recursive https://github.com/jeremyvyska/bc-code-intelligence-vscode.git
cd bc-code-intelligence-vscode

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run compile

Development

Press F5 in VSCode to launch the Extension Development Host for testing.

Configuration

Layer Settings

Configure knowledge layers in VSCode settings:

{
  "bcCodeIntelligence.layers.company.enabled": true,
  "bcCodeIntelligence.layers.company.url": "https://github.com/your-org/bc-standards.git",
  "bcCodeIntelligence.layers.company.branch": "main",
  "bcCodeIntelligence.layers.company.auth": "token",

  "bcCodeIntelligence.layers.project.enabled": true,
  "bcCodeIntelligence.layers.project.path": "./bc-code-intel-overrides"
}

Available Settings

Usage

Chat with Specialists

1. Open the GitHub Copilot Chat panel
2. Select a specialist chat mode (e.g., "Sam Coder")
3. Ask your BC/AL development questions

Sidebar

The BC Code Intelligence sidebar provides:

• Specialists - Browse and activate specialists by team
• Prompts - Access workflow prompts
• Layers - View active knowledge layers

Commands

Architecture

bc-code-intelligence-vscode/
├── bc-code-intelligence-mcp/          # MCP server (submodule)
│   └── embedded-knowledge/            # Knowledge base (nested submodule)
│       ├── specialists/               # Specialist definitions
│       ├── domains/                   # Knowledge topics
│       └── prompts/                   # Workflow prompts
├── src/
│   ├── extension.ts                   # Entry point
│   ├── chat/                          # Chat participant
│   ├── mcp/                           # MCP server integration
│   ├── services/                      # Core services
│   ├── tools/                         # Language Model Tools
│   ├── views/                         # Sidebar tree views
│   └── types/                         # TypeScript types
└── package.json                       # Extension manifest

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see the Contributing Guide for details.

Creating Custom Specialists

Specialists are defined as Markdown files with YAML frontmatter:

---
specialist_id: "custom-specialist"
title: "Custom Specialist - Your Role"
emoji: "🔧"
role: "Your specialist role"
team: "Development"
persona:
  personality: ["helpful", "thorough"]
  communication_style: "Professional and clear"
  greeting: "🔧 Hello! I'm here to help."
expertise:
  primary: ["skill-1", "skill-2"]
  secondary: ["skill-3"]
---

# Custom Specialist

Your specialist's system prompt goes here...

Related Projects

• bc-code-intelligence-mcp - The MCP server
• bc-code-intelligence - Knowledge base
• waldo.BCTelemetryBuddy - Inspiration/reference

License

MIT

Acknowledgments

• Inspired by the BC development community
• Built with the Model Context Protocol
• Reference architecture from waldo.BCTelemetryBuddy