FactoryLine for VS Code

Run a bounded FactoryLine command and inspect the local JSON receipt without leaving VS Code. The extension never uploads your workspace, code, or receipts.

Why pay for opaque app generators? Start a reviewable MVP in minutes, keep the receipts and proof path next to the code, and extend it when you are ready. Start with FactoryLine: Open Local Factory Studio or run factory mvp "Build an approval tracker" --root .; then open Graph Ops to see what is evidenced, blocked, or next. The extension never calls a starter production-ready by itself.

Commands

• FactoryLine: Run Spec-to-Ship Assembly runs factory assemble <feature> --root <workspace>.
• FactoryLine: Continue Assembly to Next Boundary runs the state-aware factory continue [feature] --root <workspace> workflow.
• FactoryLine: Verify Feature Receipts runs factory verify <feature> --root <workspace>.
• FactoryLine: Open Local Meter reads factory meter --root <workspace> --json after workspace confirmation.
• FactoryLine: Open Latest Receipt finds JSON under .factory/ and receipts/, then renders a local receipt panel.
• FactoryLine: Open Local Factory Studio opens the confirmed loopback target compiler.
• FactoryLine: Open Product Missions opens Studio in deterministic PRD-to-mission mode.
• FactoryLine: Open Unified Graph Ops opens the bounded, read-only local evidence map.
• Verifier Plane (terminal workflow) runs factory verifier session|verify|progress to bind independent worker/verifier evidence, deterministic checks, and hard budgets. It validates supplied receipts; it does not execute or sandbox a runner.
• PRD Grill (terminal workflow) runs factory prd grill PRD.md --root <workspace> to create a capped, source-bound clarification sheet before PRD optimization or compilation. It never rewrites the PRD or starts a build.
• Requirement IDs such as REQ-*, FR-*, and NFR-* receive a read-only CodeLens that opens matching local proof in .factory, receipts, coverage, tests, or specs.

Each command requires a trusted VS Code workspace. FactoryLine accepts only a feature name containing letters, digits, hyphens, and underscores; it does not pass arbitrary shell fragments to your terminal.

Install

Install the Code Factory CLI first:

pip install factoryline-code-factory==0.28.2

Build a local VSIX from this directory, then install it in VS Code:

npm ci
npm run package
code --install-extension factoryline-vscode-0.8.4.vsix

Set factoryline.command if the factory executable is not on VS Code's PATH. Product Missions create only supervised, approval-required local packets and do not grant execute, merge, deploy, publish, connector, credential, or messaging authority. Requirement CodeLens navigation reads bounded local text artifacts only; it does not run FactoryLine or change approval state.

If this free, local-first workflow helps, use the post-success Star Code Factory action or visit the GitHub repository. That action is optional, opens only GitHub when selected, and sends no workspace data.

Code Factory 0.20 also includes an optional hosted GitHub PR-assurance adapter, durable mission graphs, and secret-free BYOK policies. VS Code workspaces use those controls through the local factory CLI or loopback Studio; the extension never stores provider keys. It is deployed separately from this local editor extension; see Hosted PR assurance.

Scope

This is the VS Code adapter. The separate JetBrains Platform adapter and its compatibility boundary are documented in docs/INTELLIJ.md.

Verifier Plane (0.28.0)

factory verifier separates a worker's candidate receipt from a distinct verifier's evidence. It rejects self-verification, drift, path escape, false passing checks, and declared budget overrun. Graph Ops renders a bound session as runtime-unattested until independently supplied evidence is verified; this adapter does not claim to execute or enforce a sandbox.

Contradiction gate (0.26.0)

factory cdte scan detects architecturally incompatible NFR pairs before any code is generated, by deterministic lookup over a decision table. No model is called. Analysis is tiered measured / modeled / structural, and a modeled analysis whose inputs are absent is withheld rather than estimated. Critical and high severity conflicts engage the fail-closed boundary and pause the line at nfr_conflict.

Habituation gate (0.26.0)

factory habituation status calibrates the human approval signal against each reviewer's own baseline and escalates: surface, second approver, fail closed. Blocking is refused until blind-spot re-review outcomes correct the proxy. Public exports carry distributions only, never per-reviewer rows.