Maintain high-quality, secure, and idiomatic PowerShell code with ease.
This extension integrates the industry-standard PSScriptAnalyzer module directly into your VS Code workflow. It provides instantaneous feedback on your scripts, helping you catch potential bugs, security vulnerabilities, and best-practice violations as you write.
🚀 Key Features
Real-time Linting: Get instant diagnostic highlights (squiggly lines) for code quality issues.
Seamless Automation: Analysis triggers automatically on file open, tab switch, and save—no manual commands required.
Cross-Platform Support: Intelligent shell detection for both Windows PowerShell 5.1 and PowerShell Core (pwsh).
Smart Onboarding: Automatically detects if the required module is missing and provides a one-click installation terminal.
📖 How to Use
Open any .ps1 or .psm1 file.
The extension will automatically run in the background.
If errors or warnings are found, they will appear in the Problems panel ($Ctrl+Shift+M$) and as highlights in your code.
Hover over the highlighted code to see the specific PSScriptAnalyzer rule violation.
🛠 Prerequisites
PowerShell: Windows PowerShell 5.1 or PowerShell Core 7.0+.
Module:PSScriptAnalyzer (the extension will offer to install this for you if it's missing).
