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ShadowRepo

waynewangyuxuan

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Sidebar tree view of features and specs from .shadowrepo/. Companion to the ShadowRepo Claude plugin.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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ShadowRepo for VS Code

Browse the why behind your codebase. A sidebar tree view of features, specs, and source anchors generated by ShadowRepo — a Claude Code plugin that builds a semantic knowledge graph from your repo.

Not a linter. Not a search box. A structured map of what your code does and why, kept in sync with your repo by an AI agent.

What you get

  • ShadowRepo activity-bar view — top-level features, sub-features, specs, and source anchors in one collapsible tree.
  • Click an anchor → jump to the file at the right line.
  • Auto-refresh — when ShadowRepo (running in Claude Code) updates .shadowrepo/*.json, the tree refreshes automatically.
  • Spec dossier webviews — open a feature or spec to see its full markdown, related specs, and source links in a rich panel.

Quick start

  1. Install this extension.
  2. In your project, install the ShadowRepo Claude Code plugin and run /shadowrepo-build to generate .shadowrepo/.
  3. Open the workspace in VS Code → click the ShadowRepo icon in the activity bar.

No .shadowrepo/ yet? Set shadowrepo.fixturePath to any directory containing a .shadowrepo/ to preview the UI against a fixture.

Settings

Setting Default Description
shadowrepo.fixturePath "" Optional override for the .shadowrepo/ directory. Absolute or workspace-relative.

Commands

Command What it does
ShadowRepo: Refresh Re-read .shadowrepo/*.json from disk
ShadowRepo: Open Anchor Open a source file at the line referenced by a spec anchor

Requirements

  • VS Code ^1.90.0
  • A .shadowrepo/ directory in your workspace (generated by the ShadowRepo Claude plugin)

Links

  • Source & issues: github.com/waynewangyuxuan/shadowrepo-extension-package
  • Claude Code plugin: packages/claude-plugin/ in the same repo
  • License: MIT
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