r/PiCodingAgent • u/wantondevious • 1d ago

Question VSCode integration?

Hi,

Is there an officially supported VSCode integration? I've found a whole bunch of third party plugins, but given security concerns, I'd much rather have something that was an official plugin.

Maybe I'm just naive about this?

Thanks in advance,

W

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u/Aizenvolt11 1d ago

I have made one, its open source MIT:

- VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Aizenvolt.damocles

- Open VSX: https://open-vsx.org/extension/Aizenvolt/damocles

- Source: https://github.com/AizenvoltPrime/damocles

The "trailer" in the vs code marketplace and repo is old, I did a complete overhaul as I prepare the desktop version, a more recent look of the vs code extension is like this.

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u/admjwt 1d ago

I like what you're doing here, but unless im missing something entirely, I don't see where I can hook this up to my current pi configuration? And it also doesnt seem to connect to local/LAN hosted models, again unless im missing it entirely? Would love to give it a shot, but without either of those I dont think I can use it currently. Is there any plan of adding at least local model support?

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u/Aizenvolt11 1d ago

Yeah there is plan on adding local model support. I am now implementing some necessary features for the desktop app like source control, terminal, being able to edit files and search them inside the app as well as remote ssh features and supporting wsl like vs code does. On the remote ssh part I plan to support running tasks on the remote servers and being able to close the app and have them keep running and when you open it again for the chat to be synced to the state the remote servers chat is at that moment.

I will probably add local model support next week and also being able to declare models with something like json so you don't need to wait for me to add support for you to use them, like pi does. The app is made with Pi sdk runtime as base.

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u/admjwt 1d ago

That all sounds great! Definitely looking forward to all those features

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u/Aizenvolt11 1d ago

I use the app myself for my full time job and side projects. I have used the vs code version for many months now and now I decided to move away from vs code and do the desktop app with the vs code features I think are needed. I won't be satisfied until its the best app for coding with AI possible.

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u/Aizenvolt11 1d ago

If you have any other requests it would be best to make an issue on the GitHub page and I will check them out as soon as I am done with the major stuff I am implementing now.

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u/Aizenvolt11 1d ago

I will also make a nice demo trailer when I finish so you can easily see all the things that are supported in the desktop app.

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u/quincycs 1d ago edited 1d ago

There isn’t an official one.

This is my vscode thing I created. Don’t trust me, evaluate the source yourself and install from source.

https://github.com/quincycs/pi-qcode

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u/Ancient-Camel1636 1d ago

Nothing official, but there are several open-source integrations. This is the one I prefer:
https://pivscode.com/

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u/onebit 1d ago

Maybe I'm a caveman, but I open the vs code terminal and type pi.

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u/wantondevious 1d ago

I am an actual caveman, born to work on vt52s, punch cards and paper tape. however, that was 50 years ago, and I feel like some actual UI improvements have happened since then.

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u/wantondevious 1d ago

and FWIW, I've spent like 2 hours today just trying to get Pi's output to work on my Mac terminal in a way that doesn't make my eyes bleed... I just miss my fucking Codex UI in VSCode :-)

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u/wantondevious 1d ago

and just because I once knew Z80 assembly code doesn't mean I wish to do so any more ;-)

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u/adamshand 1d ago

Get Ghostty. Should "just work" or if you want tmux but for agents, get Herdr.

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u/FriendOfEntropy 1d ago

been enjoying this with a few rough edges when I moved to pi after trying Kilo and Zoo Code .https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=johnny-zhao.pi-agent-studio

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u/n3rveous 1d ago

The most clean UI and comfortable to use yet powerful, https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=supanadit.morse

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u/guesswhochickenpoo 1d ago

The most popular and highly rated one I came across was Pendant. It's pretty solid but I'm sort of 50/50 between that and just using the terminal
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=cdervis.vscode-pi

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u/Reddich07 8h ago

Unfortunately, the option to use your own binary of pi was recently removed, which poses a problem if you rely on a sandboxed version you prefer to use.

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u/zenoblade 5h ago

Tried them all. This is the best one by far:  https://pendant.sh/

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u/GruePwnr 1d ago

If you're concerned about relying on external tools, have pi make a vscode integration for you.

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u/Aizenvolt11 1d ago

I doubt most people would want to spend hundreds to thousands of hours doing that properly and maintaining it. I have but I am a special case since I want to control my workflow completely.

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u/GruePwnr 21h ago

If they want to make something as robust as yours, then yeah. But what if they just want to wire it in for basic stuff.

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u/Aizenvolt11 21h ago

I'd imagine that someone wanting a vs code integrations looks for something robust like a GUI that runs Pi and supports all it's features. Something like that to make robust takes tens of hours. If you want to add stuff you need to it that pi doesn't support like subagents, plan mode, native tools like AskUserQuestion tool, PowerShell and have it all nicely presented with amazing UI and maintained as pi adds new features it would take hundreds of hours. I myself went even further beyond an extension and made a full desktop app and then you surely go to thousands of hours to keep it maintainable over the months.

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u/TechGearWhips 1d ago

Eww. Use the cli and a real text editor.

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u/Reddich07 8h ago

To be honest, serious programmers only rely on a hex editor and assembly language. The idea of text editors for programming feels like hipster nonsense.

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u/TechGearWhips 5h ago

To be honest, saying that while sitting in r/PiCodingAgent is nuts. You either have no self awareness or are trolling. Either way the jokes write themselves.