Chartifact is a low-code document format for creating interactive, data-driven pages such as reports, dashboards, and presentations. It travels like a document and works like an app. Designed for use with your LLM to produce a shareable artifact of your analytic conversations.
Features
This extension works with two file formats: *.idoc.md and *.idoc.json.
Unzip samples
Explorer View: Right-click on a folder and select "Create Chartifact Examples Folder". This will create a folder of examples that you and your agent can use for reference when creating your own document.
Create Documents
Explorer View: Right-click on a folder and select "New Chartifact Interactive Document (JSON)" or "New Chartifact Interactive Document (Markdown)".
Preview Documents
Explorer View: Right-click on a *.idoc.md or *.idoc.json file and select "Preview Chartifact Interactive Document".
Editor Title Bar: Open a document and select "Preview Chartifact Interactive Document (Split View)" for side-by-side editing and previewing.
Convert Documents
Explorer View: Convert between formats:
"Convert to HTML" for sharing standalone files.
"Convert to Markdown" for easier collaboration.
These features make it simple to create, preview, edit, and share interactive documents directly within VS Code.
AI Assist
Chartifact documents are a natural fit for Copilot to help you with creating, remixing and editing. Try these ways of leveraging AI:
CTRL + I : Inside a document with a chart, ask Copilot to make this bar chart into a pie chart.
Agent mode: Add some Python code to your context, then ask Copilot to Look at this REST API and make an interactive document to explore the functionality.
