thinkt VS Code Extension

Browse and search AI conversation traces from Claude Code, Kimi Code, Gemini, Codex, Copilot, Qwen, and other sources directly inside VS Code.

The extension talks to the local or remote thinkt HTTP server and can also manage a local thinkt install for you.

Features

Dedicated Thinkt activity bar with native Projects, Search, Current Project, and Sources views
Grouped Projects tree that merges sessions across sources
Native Search sidebar with text and semantic search
Rich session viewer webview for opening individual traces
Hosted Thinkt Web and Thinkt Web Lite tabs inside VS Code
Local server discovery, start/stop, download, uninstall, and output channels
Shared multi-source filtering across Projects and Search
Native VS Code localization and welcome/setup states

Requirements

VS Code 1.108.1 or newer
A local or remote thinkt server

Installation

Managed local install

If thinkt is not already installed, the extension can download it into VS Code-managed storage.

After download, the extension runs:

thinkt setup

in an integrated terminal. The terminal closes automatically when setup completes successfully.

Manual install

go install github.com/wethinkt/go-thinkt/cmd/thinkt@latest

or install it from the GitHub releases page:

https://github.com/wethinkt/go-thinkt/releases

Configuration

Setting	Default	Description
`thinkt.serverUrl`	`http://localhost:8784`	thinkt server base URL
`thinkt.apiToken`	`""`	Optional API token override
`thinkt.timeout`	`30000`	Request timeout in milliseconds
`thinkt.binaryPath`	`""`	Optional custom `thinkt` binary path
`thinkt.indexerBinaryPath`	`""`	Optional custom `thinkt-indexer` binary path
`thinkt.autoStart`	`true`	Auto-start the local thinkt server in the background on activation
`thinkt.defaultPageSize`	`50`	Default page size for session content

Authentication

For normal local use, leave thinkt.apiToken empty.

Token resolution is:

SecretStorage token set by Thinkt: Set API Token
Non-empty thinkt.apiToken
Otherwise, for local servers, the extension asks the local thinkt binary for the active server token

That means thinkt.apiToken = "" is treated as unset, and the extension should fall back to the local server token automatically.

Usage

Open the Thinkt activity bar icon to access:

Projects: aggregated projects across sources, with merged session lists
Search: text and semantic search across indexed sessions
Current Project: sessions for the currently open workspace folder
Sources: hierarchical source → project → session browsing

Status bar

The Thinkt status bar item opens a quick menu for:

server start/stop/restart
indexer start/stop
quick pick session
settings
server and indexer output

Managed server behavior

If thinkt.autoStart is enabled, the extension attempts to start the local server in the background on activation
If a local server is already running, the extension reconnects instead of treating that as a failure
The managed server can outlive the VS Code window because thinkt server start behaves like a launcher for the real server process

Install and uninstall

Thinkt: Download thinkt downloads a managed local install with progress reporting
Thinkt: Uninstall Managed thinkt stops managed server/indexer processes first, then removes the managed install
If no VS Code-managed install exists, uninstall exits cleanly with an informational message

Commands

Main commands

Thinkt: Refresh
Thinkt: Quick Pick Session
Thinkt: Open Settings
Thinkt: Set API Token
Thinkt: Configure MCP Server

Server and indexer

Thinkt: Start Server
Thinkt: Stop Server
Thinkt: Restart Server
Thinkt: Download thinkt
Thinkt: Uninstall Managed thinkt
Thinkt: Show Server Output
Thinkt: Start Indexer
Thinkt: Stop Indexer
Thinkt: Show Indexer Output

Views and apps

Thinkt: Open Thinkt Web
Thinkt: Open Thinkt Web Lite
Thinkt: Filter Sources
Thinkt: Clear Source Filter

Search

The Search view supports:

Text search with optional case-sensitive and regex matching
Semantic search
shared source filtering with the Projects view
optional project-name filtering

Session Viewer

Opening a session launches a webview panel with:

role-aware entry rendering
markdown and content block rendering
lazy loading
session metadata

MCP

The extension can configure a thinkt MCP server entry for VS Code tools via:

Thinkt: Configure MCP Server

This is separate from the extension’s own HTTP API usage.

Development

git submodule update --init --recursive
npm install
npm run compile
npm run lint

The packaged Thinkt Web assets are vendored from the thinkt-web and thinkt-web-lite repositories as git submodules under vendor/, each pinned to its dist branch. Fresh clones and CI packaging need submodules initialized before building or packaging the extension.

To package the extension locally:

npm run vsce:package

Project

Website: https://wethinkt.com
Extension repo: https://github.com/wethinkt/thinkt-vscode
Server repo: https://github.com/wethinkt/go-thinkt

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