The VS Code extension

A chat panel inside the editor. It opens in the secondary side bar — the same place as Copilot Chat — and as an editor tab.

What makes it convenient

• no sign-in is asked for: the extension finds the server's address itself, and carries the server with it;
• a file from the feed opens as a tab at the right line, and an agent's edit opens in the native diff view;
• your selection travels to the composer — no copying a fragment by hand;
• "what it is busy with" is visible in the status bar;
• an agent's question is announced by an editor notification.

On a wide screen the panel lays itself out as a chat with a column of chats on the right.

A limitation worth knowing about

The panel works only with the folder opened in the editor. That is not an oversight: the extension lives in the workspace's context, and there is nowhere to "pop over to a neighbouring project" from here — the web UI and the app are for that.

What the panel doesn't have, and why

• A file browser — the editor has its own, and it is better.
• A git screen — the editor has a Source Control tab.
• A terminal — the editor has a real terminal of its own, on the same machine.

Duplicating them with a second road alongside would be noise, not convenience.

Installation

The .vsix from the releases page: in VS Code — "Extensions → … → Install from VSIX". The extension carries the server inside, so nothing has to be started separately.