Coding agent that lives in your editor. Chat with files in context, edit code with Cmd-K, let the agent run multi-step tasks with full diff-preview approval gates, and pay per-task with transparent effort-tier pricing.

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│  EpisCloud AI · ai-pro · medium ☁  │   ← sidebar
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│ You                                 │
│ Refactor src/auth.ts to async/await │
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│ EpisCloud AI                        │
│ ▼ Thinking… (124 chars)             │
│ I'll read the file, identify the    │
│ callback sites, and rewrite each.   │
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│ ● Edit  src/auth.ts            ✓    │
│   ╔══ MODIFY ══╗                    │
│   - function check(token, cb) {     │
│   + async function check(token) {   │
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│ Done. PR-ready diff applied.        │
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│  Effort: [medium ▾]      [Send]     │
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Features

Chat panel

Sidebar webview, sticks across window reloads (conversation persisted in your OS keychain-backed storage).
Streaming Markdown rendering with VSCode font + theme.
Collapsible Thinking… block for reasoning-tier outputs.
Auto-scroll with respect for manual scroll-up.
Auto-compaction when context grows past ~50k tokens.

Composer

Slash commands: /plan, /debug, /code-review, /refactor, /tdd, /explain, /security-review, /algorithms, /research. Live-filtered as you type /.
#file:<path> mentions with workspace file autocomplete. Mention resolves to file contents (size-capped, workspace-sandboxed) as a system overlay on submit.
Effort tier dropdown with per-tier cost estimate.

Editor integration

Cmd-K inline edit (Ctrl-K on Linux/Windows). Select code → type instruction → review side-by-side diff → click Apply.
Quick Fix code action on every compiler/linter error. Pick "EpisCloud AI: Fix …" from the Cmd-. menu.
Active file context auto-injected on every chat turn: file + cursor + selection + diagnostics + open tabs.
Apply button on every assistant code block. Quick-pick: insert at cursor / replace selection / open as new file.

Tool gating

The agent has Read, Glob, Grep, Edit, Write, MultiEdit, Bash, Npm, RunTests, TodoWrite. Read-only tools auto-approve; mutating tools open an approval card with a precomputed diff or command summary.
Three persistence scopes for "always allow":
- this exact path (Edit src/foo.ts)
- this exact command (Bash npm test)
- the whole tool kind
Workspace-scoped, never global. Reset with EpisCloud AI: Reset tool permissions.

Pricing transparency

Status bar shows current period spend + effort tier.
Composer dropdown shows per-task cost estimate for each tier.

Effort	Strategy	~Cost / task
`minimal`	Local-only — sensitive workloads	$0.01
`low`	Single-shot cloud agentic	$0.05
`medium`	Skill-aware routing (default)	$0.18
`high`	Architect → Executor → Reviewer chain	$0.50
`max`	Best-of-2 parallel + judge	$1.50

Cost estimates assume a ~50 k-token agentic task. Your bill depends on actual token usage; see the in-app activity log for exact figures.

Install (dev)

cd vscode-extension
npm install
cd webview-ui && npm install && cd ..
npm run build

Press F5 in VSCode with this folder open to launch the Extension Development Host. Look for the EpisCloud AI icon in the activity bar.

First-run

Generate an API key: https://dashboard.episcloud.com/billing → "Pay-as-you-go" → "New key".
Run EpisCloud AI: Sign in from the command palette (Cmd-Shift-P).
Status bar shows EpisCloud AI · $0.00 · medium.
Click the EpisCloud icon in the activity bar to open the chat panel.

Commands

Command	Default keybinding	Purpose
`EpisCloud AI: Sign in`	—	Paste an API key.
`EpisCloud AI: Sign out`	—	Remove the key from the OS keychain.
`EpisCloud AI: Open chat panel`	—	Focus the side panel.
`EpisCloud AI: Inline edit`	Cmd-K / Ctrl-K	Rewrite the selection.
`EpisCloud AI: Set effort tier`	—	Pick minimal / low / medium / high / max.
`EpisCloud AI: Show usage & balance`	—	Notification with this period's spend.
`EpisCloud AI: Reset tool permissions`	—	Wipe workspace allowlist.

Settings

Key	Default	Purpose
`episcloud.baseURL`	`https://paas-ai.episcloud.com/v1`	Service URL — override for staging.
`episcloud.effort`	`medium`	Default tier; override per-request in composer.
`episcloud.permissionMode`	`default`	`default` asks; `acceptEdits` auto-allows Edit/Write; `bypassPermissions` disables all prompts.
`episcloud.telemetry.enabled`	`true`	Anonymous usage telemetry (Sprint F+ — currently no-op).

Architecture

Single-process extension host owns the SDK + tool execution; a sandboxed webview renders chat. Shared protocol.ts types make host↔webview messages compile-time-checked.

See the EpisCloud AI documentation at https://episcloud.com/ai/docs for setup, model lineup, and pricing.

Privacy

API key lives in VSCode's SecretStorage (OS keychain on macOS/ Windows, libsecret on Linux). Never written to disk in plaintext.
All chat traffic goes to episcloud.baseURL over HTTPS; the extension does not contact any other host.
Conversation history is persisted to VSCode globalState (capped at 200 items / 200 KB; older items evict LRU). Clear with the chat panel's "Clear" button.
Telemetry is gated behind episcloud.telemetry.enabled and is off-by-default until Sprint F wires the sender.

Licence

MIT. See LICENSE.

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