VS Code extension

The VS Code extension adds a Palabre panel to the editor. It lets you prepare a subject, choose agents, add workspace context, follow a Debate, Chat, or Ask session, and open the matching Markdown export.

In Chat, you can switch the active agent, request a one-off opinion from another agent, or continue the conversation with that agent.

The extension remains a thin client: it launches palabre locally and consumes the public CLI contracts. Palabre CLI remains the source of truth for agents, presets, context, errors, and exports.

Install the extension

Install Palabre for VS Code

After installation, open the Palabre panel from the sidebar.

Requirements

• Palabre CLI installed on the same machine;
• Palabre CLI 0.12.0 or newer recommended;
• at least one available agent for Chat or Ask, two for Debate.

palabre --version
palabre doctor
palabre presets --json

Current features

• Debate, Chat, or Ask selection and available agents;
• context selection through the official CLI scan;
• NDJSON response, summary, and error rendering;
• opening .debate.md, .chat.md, and .ask.md exports;
• stopping Palabre and its child agents;
• quick settings and diagnostics.

For Chat, choose Chat in the extension. The CLI keeps the conversation state and exposes the same behavior through its public NDJSON contract.

If the extension cannot find Palabre, check palabre --version and restart VS Code. If no agent appears, run palabre doctor and palabre config.