Ethrix Forge

Ethrix Forge is an AI-powered code review and refactoring assistant. This extension provides sidebar chat capability and automatically generates/updates a permanent report file directly in your workspace.

Features

1. Sidebar Chat Panel:

   • Access the AI chatbot directly from the sidebar.
   • Run quick actions: "Analyze Active Selection", "Optimize & Fix Code", and "Generate Documentation".
   • Support for both Online Cloud (Groq API) and Offline Local (Ollama) providers.

2. Workspace Report Integration:

   • Every time code analysis, fixing, or documentation generation is run, the extension creates/overwrites the ethrix_report.md file at the root of the active workspace.
   • The report is automatically opened in VS Code next to the active editor with a live Markdown preview!
   • If the file is deleted or if you change workspaces, Ethrix will automatically recreate it.

3. Backend Server Auto-Start:

   • If the local FastAPI server (http://localhost:8000) is not running, the extension offers to spin it up automatically in the background, matching the CLI behavior.

Installation

1. Open this project in VS Code.
2. Press F5 to start a new Extension Development Host window.
3. Open a project folder in the host window to test the workspace report.

Extension Settings

Exposes the following settings under the ethrix namespace:

• ethrix.backendUrl: URL of the FastAPI server (defaults to http://127.0.0.1:8000).
• ethrix.provider: Model provider ("online" or "offline").
• ethrix.model: Model name (defaults to llama-3.3-70b-versatile or llama3).
• ethrix.groqApiKey: Custom override API key for Groq API.
• ethrix.reportFileName: Name of the report file (defaults to ethrix_report.md).