The Bridge Language — VS Code Extension
Full IDE support for The Bridge: a declarative dataflow language for GraphQL. Wire data between APIs and schema fields using .bridge files — no resolvers, no codegen, no plumbing.
Features
Language Server (LSP)
- Real-time diagnostics — syntax errors and semantic issues highlighted as you type
- Semantic validation — undeclared handles, unsatisfied
with dependencies, and unknown wire targets flagged immediately
- Hover information — hover over any handle, dependency, or declaration to see its type and source
- Bridge hover: type/field name, handle count, wire count
- Tool hover: function name, deps, wires
- Define hover: subgraph details
- Const hover: name and raw value
- Error recovery — partial AST is built even on broken files, so diagnostics remain accurate while you're mid-edit
Syntax Highlighting
- Full syntax highlighting for
.bridge files (language version 1.4)
- Block keyword highlighting:
version, const, tool, define, bridge
- Wire operator colouring:
<- (pull), || (null-coalesce), ?? (error-fallback), : (pipe)
force <handle> and force <handle> ?? null keyword highlighting- Distinct colours for GraphQL type/field targets in
bridge declarations
- Tool handle and alias highlighting
- Built-in handle highlighting:
input, output, context
- Constant assignment colouring:
.property = value
- HTTP method constants:
GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, HEAD, OPTIONS
- Unquoted URL path values (e.g.
/search, /api/v1/forecast)
- Array mapping syntax:
source[] as iter { … }
on error fallback declarations inside tool blocks- String, number, boolean, and
null literals
Editor Integration
- Line comment toggling (
#)
- Bracket matching for
{} and []
- Automatic language detection for
*.bridge files
Installation
Search for "The Bridge Language" in the VS Code Extensions panel, or install from the terminal:
code --install-extension stackables.bridge-syntax-highlight
Files named *.bridge are automatically detected.
Release Notes
See CHANGELOG.md.
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