Anchora - VSCode Extension

Русская версия / Russian Version

CHANGELOG for detailed release notes and version history.

What is it?

Anchora is a VSCode extension that allows you to manage tasks directly in your code. Instead of external task trackers, you write tasks in code comments, and the extension automatically tracks and visualizes them.

Core Features

Creating Tasks in Comments

Write tasks directly in code using special syntax:

// section:task_id: task description
// dev:auth_system: Implement OAuth2 authentication

Status Management

todo (○) — tasks to be done
in_progress (◐) — tasks in progress
done (●) — completed tasks
blocked (◯) — blocked tasks

Task Visualization

Color indicators directly in the editor
Task panel in the sidebar
Statistics in the status bar
Dashboard with overview of all tasks

Quick search for tasks by title and description
Jump to task definition
Find all mentions of a task in the project

User Interface

1. Activity Bar Panel

Icon: Anchora in VSCode sidebar

Tree view of all tasks by sections
Group by status
Quick filtering and search

2. Explorer Integration

Tasks are displayed in the standard Explorer panel
Context menu for working with tasks
Status indicators next to files

3. Code Editor

Color indicators: each task is highlighted by status color
Hover tooltips: task details on hover
Quick actions: change status via context menu

4. Status Bar

Task counters by status: "5 todo, 3 in progress, 12 done"
Current project context indicator
Backend service connection status

5. Command Palette

All commands are available through Ctrl+Shift+P

Hotkeys

Action	Keys	Description
Create Task	`Ctrl+Shift+T`	New task creation wizard
Go to Definition	`F12`	Jump to task creation location
Find All References	`Shift+F12`	Search for all task references
View All Tasks	`Ctrl+Shift+A`	Dashboard with statistics
Search Tasks	`Ctrl+Shift+F`	Advanced search
Control Panel	`Ctrl+Shift+D`	Quick actions

Main Commands

Project Management

Scan Project - find all tasks in files
Refresh Tasks - reload data
Initialize Project - setup Anchora in new project

Working with Tasks

Create Task - interactive creation wizard
Change Status - switch between todo/in_progress/done/blocked
Find References - search for all task mentions
Go to Task - navigate to definition

Viewing and Filtering

View by Status - group tasks
Task Dashboard - overall statistics and charts
Search - search by title, description, ID

Task Syntax

Basic Format

// section:id: task description
// section:id:status: description
// section:id                  // simple reference

Examples

// dev:auth_system: Implement OAuth2 system
// bugfix:login_error:todo: Fix login error
// dev:auth_system:in_progress: Working on tokens
// dev:auth_system             // reference to this task

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

Install directly from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace: Anchora - Task Manager

Or search for "Anchora" in the VS Code Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X).

From VSIX Package

code --install-extension anchora-0.1.1.vsix

Project Initialization

Happens automatically when opening a project. Creates .anchora/ folder with tasks.json file.

Supported Programming Languages (click to expand)

Anchora supports a wide range of programming languages:

Rust (.rs), C (.c), C++ (.cpp, .cc, .cxx), C# (.cs), Go (.go)
JavaScript (.js), TypeScript (.ts), JSX (.jsx), TSX (.tsx)
HTML (.html), CSS (.css), SCSS (.scss), SASS (.sass), LESS (.less)
Vue (.vue), Svelte (.svelte)
Python (.py), Java (.java), PHP (.php), Ruby (.rb)
Shell (.sh), PowerShell (.ps1), Batch (.bat, .cmd)
Swift (.swift), Kotlin (.kt), Dart (.dart)
Objective-C (.m, .mm)
Haskell (.hs), F# (.fs), OCaml (.ml), Clojure (.clj), Elm (.elm)
Java (.java), Kotlin (.kt), Scala (.scala), Clojure (.clj)
Julia (.jl), R (.r), Lua (.lua), Perl (.pl, .pm)
Erlang (.erl), Elixir (.ex, .exs)
Docker (.dockerfile), Terraform (.tf), HCL (.hcl)
YAML (.yaml, .yml), TOML (.toml), JSON (.json), XML (.xml)
INI (.ini), CFG (.cfg), CONF (.conf)
Markdown (.md), reStructuredText (.rst), LaTeX (.tex)
SQL (.sql)
Visual Basic (.vb)

Configuration

You can configure file patterns, ignored folders, and status colors in VSCode settings.

License

Apache License 2.0 - See LICENSE for details.

Attribution Requirements: When using or redistributing this code, you must:

Include the original copyright notice
Include the NOTICE file with attribution details
Clearly mark any modifications made to the original code
Cannot use "Anchora Task Manager" name for endorsement without permission

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