Releap Lens for VS Code

Ask how your codebase works. Generate tickets and release notes.

Releap Lens connects every role in your software team to your codebase. Ask questions, get cited answers, generate tickets with acceptance criteria, and draft release notes — all from grounded product context.

Get started in 2 minutes — no GitHub org approval required.

Index your local VS Code workspace directly. No IT involvement, no admin rights, no waiting for security review. When your organization approves the GitHub connection, switch over with one click.

What you can do

Codebase Q&A. Ask how any feature works and get cited answers — every response includes the exact file and line number it came from.

Tickets with engineering context. Turn a codebase question into a full ticket with acceptance criteria, code references, and an engineering prompt specific enough for a developer or coding agent to act on immediately.

Acceptance criteria verification. Verify your implementation against ticket AC items before you push. Compare verification status across local, test, and production.

Explore with Lens. Ask targeted questions about the code you're about to change — before you open your coding agent. Understand what you're building, then refine the engineering prompt.

MCP integration. Releap exposes 15+ tools via the Model Context Protocol. Claude, Codex, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible agents can read your tickets, run AC verification, and update ticket status as they generate code.

Release notes and knowledge base. Draft audience-specific release notes from commits and tickets. Keep KB articles current with codebase changes.

How local indexing works

Install the extension and create a free account (or sign in).
The extension reads your VS Code workspace files.
Files are sent to Releap's servers for indexing.
Lens is ready — ask your first question in under 3 minutes.

Secret files (.env, *.key, *.pem) are automatically excluded. Your indexed code is only accessible to your Releap workspace members. Clear your local index at any time from the Dashboard.

When you're ready for team access: connect your GitHub organization in Releap settings. The local index is automatically superseded by the GitHub-connected version.

Commands

Command	What it does
`Releap: Index local workspace`	Scan and upload the current workspace
`Releap: Clear local index`	Remove the indexed contents of a workspace
`Releap: Configure local index exclusions`	Open settings for the per-user exclude globs
`Releap: Setup`	Re-open the first-run Welcome panel
`Releap: Open Dashboard`	Working Queue + tickets + chat
`Releap: Sign in`	OAuth into your Releap workspace

Configuration

Setting	Default	Notes
`releap.localIndex.enabled`	`true`	Local indexing on/off
`releap.localIndex.autoReindex`	`true`	Re-index automatically on file change
`releap.localIndex.autoReindexDebounceSeconds`	`60`	Quiet window before auto re-index
`releap.localIndex.excludePatterns`	`[]`	Additional glob patterns to exclude
`releap.localIndex.maxFileSizeKB`	`500`	Skip files larger than this
`releap.apiBaseUrl`	`https://lens.releap.app/api/lens`	API base URL
`releap.workspace`	(empty)	Workspace slug for web links

Privacy and security

Files leave your machine and are stored on Releap's servers.
Make sure you have permission to share your company's code with third-party services before indexing.
Read-only by default — Releap never writes to your codebase.
Per-workspace isolation — your code is never shared with other organizations.

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Getting started

Install this extension.
Open a folder in VS Code.
Click the Releap icon in the activity bar.
Create a free account or sign in.
Click "Index this workspace".

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