UniAssist

UniAssist is a VS Code extension that bridges your project management tool with AI coding assistants. When a task is assigned to you, UniAssist fetches the full task details from your UniAssist server and automatically sends a structured prompt to your AI extension — so you can start coding immediately without copy-pasting task descriptions.

How It Works

A task is assigned to you in UniAssist (the web app)
You click Start on the task — this deep-links into VS Code with the task ID
The extension fetches the full task (title, description, checklist, subtasks, comments, linked tasks)
It builds a detailed prompt and sends it to your configured AI coding assistant
Your AI assistant starts working on the task with full context

Supported AI Assistants

Assistant	Extension ID
Claude Code	`anthropic.claude-code`
Roo Code	`RooVeterinaryInc.roo-cline`
Cline	`saoudrizwan.claude-dev`
Cursor (built-in chat)	—
VS Code Copilot Chat	—

Extension Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`uniassist.serverUrl`	`http://localhost:3000`	Base URL of your UniAssist server
`uniassist.cursor.command`	(empty)	Cursor command ID for sending prompts (leave empty for auto-discovery)
`uniassist.cursor.debug`	`false`	Log Cursor command discovery attempts to the UniAssist output channel

Deep Link Protocol

UniAssist listens for deep links from the web app in the form:

vscode://unichronic.uniassist/?taskId=123&editorName=cursor&extensionName=claude-code&baseUrl=http://localhost:3000&projectFilePath=/path/to/project

Parameter	Required	Description
`taskId`	Yes	ID of the task to load
`editorName`	Yes	`vscode`, `cursor`, or `antigravity`
`extensionName`	No	`roo-code`, `claude-code`, `cline`, or `none` — takes priority over `editorName`
`baseUrl`	No	Overrides `uniassist.serverUrl` for this request
`projectFilePath`	No	Folder path to open before sending the prompt

Manual Command

You can also trigger the flow manually via the Command Palette:

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P)
Run Send Prompt To AI
Enter your server URL, editor, extension, and task ID when prompted

Requirements

VS Code 1.100.0 or later
A running UniAssist server (default: http://localhost:3000)
At least one supported AI coding assistant installed

Release Notes

0.1.1

Added support for Claude Code, Roo Code, and Cline extensions
Added Cursor auto-discovery for command ID
Deep link URI handler with project folder switching
Pending task state preserved across window reloads

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