This extension is a lightweight VS Code wrapper around the Agent Loop Guard local gateway. It can start the daemon, show runtime status, open the dashboard in a VS Code WebView, and copy agent connection settings.

Requirements

Install the Python runtime first, or run Agent Loop Guard: Install Runtime and choose pipx, uv, or pip:

pipx install git+https://github.com/RIMUMURUDEV/agent-loop-guard.git

Or use a local checkout:

git clone https://github.com/RIMUMURUDEV/agent-loop-guard.git
cd agent-loop-guard
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run From Source

Open this repository in VS Code, then open extensions/vscode and press F5. In the Extension Development Host, run:

Agent Loop Guard: Start Guard

If alg is installed globally, keep agentLoopGuard.startMode set to cli.

If you want to run from the checkout instead, set:

{
  "agentLoopGuard.startMode": "source",
  "agentLoopGuard.pythonPath": ".venv\\Scripts\\python.exe",
  "agentLoopGuard.sourcePath": "C:\\path\\to\\agent-loop-guard"
}

Package A VSIX

cd extensions/vscode
npm run check
npm run package
code --install-extension agent-loop-guard-vscode-0.2.0.vsix

npm run package uses npx @vscode/vsce, so no committed build output is required.

Commands

Agent Loop Guard: Start Guard
Agent Loop Guard: Stop Guard
Agent Loop Guard: Restart Guard
Agent Loop Guard: Open Dashboard
Agent Loop Guard: Open Replay
Agent Loop Guard: Show Status
Agent Loop Guard: Copy OpenAI Base URL
Agent Loop Guard: Copy Anthropic Base URL
Agent Loop Guard: Copy Agent Environment

Agent Connection

OpenAI-compatible agents:

Base URL: http://127.0.0.1:8787/v1
API Key: alg_demo_key

Anthropic-compatible agents:

Base URL: http://127.0.0.1:8787
API Key: alg_demo_key

The extension can copy both base URLs and a small environment snippet from the command palette.

The Agent Loop Guard Activity Bar contains embedded Guard and Replay views. Run Agent Loop Guard: Setup Current Workspace to generate the YAML config and Codex, Claude Code, Cline, and OpenCode connection profiles.

Settings

Important settings:

agentLoopGuard.autoStart
agentLoopGuard.startMode
agentLoopGuard.cliCommand
agentLoopGuard.pythonPath
agentLoopGuard.sourcePath
agentLoopGuard.configPath
agentLoopGuard.host
agentLoopGuard.port
agentLoopGuard.gatewayKey
agentLoopGuard.environment

The runtime remains a separate Python process. The extension detects alg, offers installation when it is missing, and never downloads or executes an installer without a command selected by the user.

The extension only stops guard processes it started itself. If the daemon is already running from another terminal, the Stop command leaves it alone.