Nexpath Extension — Code Fast. Skip Nothing.

Stop. Think. Prompt better.

Nexpath is an AI developer tool that works as a behaviour-guidance layer for vibe coders — it surfaces a quick decision session between your prompts so you stay aligned with specs, tests, and architecture decisions, without breaking your flow.

Built for: Cursor · Windsurf (Devin) — fully supported & end-to-end tested.

What Is Nexpath?

Nexpath is an AI coding-productivity extension for developers using AI coding agents like Cursor and Windsurf. Think of it as an AI pair programmer focused on process, not code — it watches your session and surfaces a lightweight advisory at key transition points in your coding workflow.

Instead of generating code, Nexpath guides it:

"You just shipped a feature. Want to confirm the feedback loop before moving on?"

One nudge. You decide. No enforcement, no interruption — just the right question at the right moment.

Why Nexpath?

Vibe coding with AI coding agents lets you ship features in minutes — but that speed often means skipped spec reviews, forgotten regression checks, and missing tests. Not because you're careless, but because momentum takes over. Nexpath is the developer-productivity layer that complements your AI workflow without slowing it down.

Supported Agents

Nexpath installs in VS Code-family editors, but its guidance is built for and tested on Cursor and Windsurf (Devin).

Features

• Between-prompt advisory — a lightweight decision session at key transition points. Non-intrusive, never enforcing.
• 3-level easier options — can't take the full recommendation? Nexpath offers progressively simpler alternatives before logging the skip.
• Behaviour-aware — tracks the shape of your session locally; your prompt history lives in a local store on your machine.
• Nothing is lost — every item you skip is logged locally, so the context is always preserved (full revisit interface coming in a future version).
• Adapts to your style — calibrates its tone and depth to how you prompt.

Getting Started

1. Install — search "Nexpath AI" in your editor's Extensions panel, or install directly: Command Palette → ext install nexpath.nexpath-vscode.
2. On first launch, Nexpath shows two prompts in the bottom-right:
   • "Allow Nexpath to read your AI chat history for prompt-level guidance?" → click Allow. (This lets Nexpath see your prompts so it can guide you — your data stays on your machine. Without it, Nexpath will not work.)
   • "Set up Nexpath for Cursor now?" → click Set up.
3. A terminal opens — answer the one-time prompts: your OpenAI API key and a quick telemetry choice.
4. Restart your agent and start prompting — Nexpath surfaces sessions when they help.

Re-run setup anytime from the Command Palette → "Nexpath: Set up CLI".

Requirements

• Cursor or Windsurf (Devin) — VS Code ^1.80.0 or compatible.
• Node.js ≥ 20.19 on your machine (the bundled engine needs it; older Node will fail to start).
• An OpenAI API key — https://platform.openai.com/api-keys. Without a valid key, prompts are tracked but no decision session is generated.

Privacy

• Your API key is stored in your OS keychain (or a 0600 file fallback) — never bundled or logged.
• Your prompt history is stored locally on your machine.
• To generate a decision session, Nexpath sends recent prompt context to OpenAI using your key — that is the only place your prompt text is sent, and only when a session fires.
• Telemetry is opt-in. If you enable it, only anonymous usage events (command names, timings, error types) are collected — never your code, prompts, key, or file paths. You choose at setup — simply enable or disable when asked.

License

Apache-2.0

Built by ParseOS · AI developer tools for the vibe-coding era