Companion VS Code extension that exposes active editor context and Problems diagnostics to local Pi sessions on demand.

Install

Install pi-vscode-context from the VS Code Marketplace. Then install the Pi package:

pi install npm:pi-vscode-context

Open your project in local desktop VS Code and start Pi with its cwd inside that project. There are no commands or settings to configure.

Privacy and security

The extension is read-only and never changes editor state.
Editor contents and diagnostics are returned only after an authenticated Pi tool request.
It binds only to 127.0.0.1 on a random port.
Private discovery records contain connection and current workspace metadata, never editor contents or diagnostics.
Context and diagnostics use absolute file paths so Pi can address files from nested and multi-root working directories.
Responses are bounded, are not cached, and are not logged.

Any process running as the same OS user can generally access user-owned files and processes. Authentication protects against other users and unauthenticated local or browser requests, not malicious same-user software.

Troubleshooting

Pi cannot find VS Code: ensure this extension is enabled and reload the VS Code window.
No active editor: open or focus a file.
Multiple windows: focus the intended matching workspace before retrying.
Remote SSH, WSL, Dev Containers, Codespaces, and browser-based VS Code are intentionally unsupported.