docs: add goose for vs code extension #6262
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Pull request overview
This PR documents the goose for VS Code extension, which now uses the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) to communicate with goose. The documentation is updated across multiple files to reflect the new architecture and capabilities.
Key changes:
- Adds comprehensive documentation for the VS Code extension with installation steps, context-sharing features, and usage examples
- Updates version requirements from 1.14.2 to 1.16.0 to support session persistence
- Adds cross-references between ACP client documentation and the VS Code extension
- Adds consistency with experimental feature warnings
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Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.
| File | Description |
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| documentation/docs/experimental/vs-code-extension.md | Complete rewrite to document ACP-based extension with installation, context sharing, and feature descriptions |
| documentation/docs/guides/acp-clients.md | Updates session persistence info, adds VS Code extension reference tip, and updates minimum version requirement |
| documentation/docs/experimental/ollama.md | Adds experimental feature warning for consistency with other experimental features |
| documentation/docs/experimental/index.md | Adds card linking to the new VS Code extension documentation |
Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
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| - macOS: `Cmd+Shift+X` | ||
| - Windows/Linux: `Ctrl+Shift+X` | ||
| - Or use: View → Extensions | ||
| 3. Search for `VS Code goose` |
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is there a link? i cant find the new one when i search. also anyone can make an extension so we want to be sure to point them to the right one
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The link is on line 24. Hmm, searching with "VS Code goose" worked for me and showed version 0.2.1 updated 2 days ago
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i see it. but still people can spoof. since we have the link, can we get rid of the Search instructions?
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- Go to Visual Studio Marketplace
- Click Install
- On the popup window, click Open Visual Studio Code
- In Visual Studio Code, click Install
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18:19:31.344 [INFO] Goose extension activating...
18:19:31.345 [INFO] Found goose binary at: /Applications/Goose.app/Contents/MacOS/goose
18:19:36.351 [ERROR] Goose version check failed: detected unknown, requires 1.16.0
18:19:36.351 [INFO] Goose extension activated (version incompatible - version check blocked).
Why is it fixed to v1.16.0, shouldn't it always be latest instead?
Good observation. We can look through the code and perhaps open a PR so that it points to latest https://github.com/block/vscode-goose |
Summary
This PR documents the goose for VS Code extension which now uses ACP.
Documentation updates:
documentation/docs/experimental/index.md:documentation/docs/experimental/vs-code-extension.md:documentation/docs/guides/acp-clients.md:documentation/docs/experimental/ollama.md:Type of Change
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