OpenThunder for VS Code
Understand the repo. Review AI changes. Know when it's safe to ship.
Your coding agent can write the change. OpenThunder helps you understand your repository,
review what changed, and verify it before you commit, without leaving VS Code.
OpenThunder is the repo-aware understanding and change-verification layer. It cooperates with
Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Codex rather than replacing them.
- Give your agent better context. Copy a repo-aware AI Context Pack for Claude Code, Cursor,
Copilot, or Codex, or install the OpenThunder MCP server so agents can query your repo.
- Understand any repository. Explain the architecture and run a health check (grade, top risks,
study path) on the current workspace.
- Review changes before you ship. Review your current diff and generate a PR-ready summary.
- Turn work into verified missions. Send a selection to OpenThunder as a tracked build/review mission.
Local-first. No account required for local use.
Commands
| Command |
What it does |
OpenThunder: Explain This Repo |
Open the architecture view for the current repo |
OpenThunder: Run Health Check |
Grade the workspace (A–F) with the top risks |
OpenThunder: Copy Health Summary |
Copy a shareable summary of the latest report |
OpenThunder: Copy AI Context Pack |
Paste-ready repo context for Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex |
OpenThunder: Review Current Diff |
Review your uncommitted changes |
OpenThunder: Generate PR Summary |
A PR-ready summary, opened and copied |
OpenThunder: Create Mission from Selection |
Turn selected code into a tracked mission |
OpenThunder: Install MCP Server |
Install the OpenThunder MCP server for your agent |
OpenThunder: Set up Claude Code |
Wire Claude Code to work with this repo |
OpenThunder: Open Dashboard / Open in Desktop |
Open the full OpenThunder workbench |
The sidebar adds Current Change, Missions, and Chat panels.
Requirements
Most commands talk to a local OpenThunder engine at http://localhost:7700. Offline commands
(context pack, diff review, PR summary) use the OpenThunder CLI instead.
- Recommended: install the desktop app from openthunder.dev — the
local engine starts automatically. No account needed for local use.
- If the engine isn't running, the status bar shows OpenThunder: Run Locally with options to
start it, use the CLI, or open the browser app.
Privacy
- Local-first. Repository analysis (Explain, Health Check, diff review) runs against your local
OpenThunder engine on
localhost. It does not upload your source by default, and no account is
required for local use.
- You choose if anything leaves. Data goes to an external AI provider only when you configure
one and run an AI action; then the prompts and context OpenThunder sends are processed by that
provider under its terms.
- Secret protection (best-effort). Before sending code to an AI provider, OpenThunder withholds
secret files (
.env, secrets.*, keys, credentials) and redacts secret-shaped values. This
reduces risk but is not a guarantee — review what you send for sensitive workflows.
- Analysis is read-only; OpenThunder does not modify your code without an explicit action.
See the full privacy policy.
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
openthunder.serverUrl |
http://localhost:7700 |
Local OpenThunder engine URL |
openthunder.cloudUrl |
https://openthunder.ai |
Browser app used as a fallback |
openthunder.cliPath |
openthunder |
Path to the OpenThunder CLI (offline commands) |
openthunder.completionsEnabled |
false |
Experimental inline completions (off by default) |
openthunder.provider |
mock |
Provider for completions if enabled |
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