OpenClaw VS Code Extension

AI coding assistant for VS Code, powered by OpenClaw.

Features

• 💬 Chat with AI - Sidebar and popup panel chat interface
• 🔄 Diff Preview & Apply - Visual preview and apply code changes
• 🎯 Session-level Model Switching - Per-session model override, multi-window independent
• 🔌 Real-time Connection Status - Live WebSocket connection indicator
• 📨 Message Queue - Send messages while AI is responding, auto-queued
• 🔧 Tool Call Display - Real-time tool invocation feedback via auto-refresh polling
• 💡 Friendly Error Messages - Smart error classification with actionable suggestions
• 🎯 Skills & Workflows - Auto-detect and use project skills
• 📎 File & Image Attachments - Attach code files and images to your messages
• 🖼️ Image Paste & Vision - Paste images from clipboard, auto-sent as multimodal vision attachments
• 📁 Drag & Drop Files - Drag files from Explorer, file tree, or editor tabs
• 🔄 Dynamic Model List - Real-time model catalog via Gateway RPC
• 🔄 Multi-window Support - Up to 5 parallel chat sessions with independent history
• 🌍 Multi-language - Full i18n for UI and AI responses (zh-CN, en, ja, ko)
• 🪟 Windows & WSL Support - Enhanced Windows/WSL compatibility with auto-fallback

What’s New in v0.2.24

🖼️ Image Multimodal Vision

• Native vision transport — Pasted/dropped images are sent as base64 attachments via Gateway’s chat.send, injected into the LLM’s multimodal image content block
• Auto disk image conversion — Image files (.png/.jpg/.jpeg/.gif/.webp/.bmp/.svg) referenced via attachment button or drag-drop are auto-read from disk and converted to base64 attachments
• Text deduplication — Image paths already converted to attachments are removed from message text

🔄 Dynamic Model List via RPC

• RPC-first — Model list fetched via Gateway RPC models.list + sessions.list, reflecting runtime model catalog
• Config file fallback — Falls back to local config files if RPC fails
• Fuzzy matching — Current model always appears in the list

Installation

From GitHub Releases (Recommended)

1. Download the latest .vsix from Releases
2. Open VS Code
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P → “Extensions: Install from VSIX…”
4. Select the downloaded file

From Open VSX

1. Open VS Code / VSCodium
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for “OpenClaw”
4. Click Install

Requirements

• OpenClaw must be installed and running
• Gateway should be accessible at http://localhost:18789 (default)

Windows Users

If you encounter “Cannot find openclaw” error:

1. Find your OpenClaw path:

   where openclaw
   

2. Configure in VS Code Settings (Ctrl+,):

   • Search for “OpenClaw: Openclaw Path”
   • Enter the path, e.g.:
     • npm: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\npm\openclaw.cmd
     • scoop: C:\Users\YourName\scoop\shims\openclaw.cmd
     • chocolatey: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\openclaw.exe

Using OpenClaw in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)

If you installed OpenClaw inside WSL, you need to make Gateway accessible from Windows:

Step 1: Configure Gateway to bind to all interfaces

In WSL, modify Gateway to listen on 0.0.0.0 instead of 127.0.0.1:

# Stop current Gateway
openclaw gateway stop

# Edit Gateway config
nano ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

Find the gateway section and change the host:

{
  "gateway": {
    "host": "0.0.0.0",
    "port": 18789
  }
}

Or start Gateway with command-line flag:

openclaw gateway start --host 0.0.0.0

Step 2: Use the extension in Windows

The extension is pre-configured to work with WSL out-of-the-box:

• Default Gateway URL: http://localhost:18789 (automatically maps to WSL)
• No additional configuration needed in Windows VS Code
• WebSocket connection works seamlessly

How it works:

• Windows localhost is automatically forwarded to WSL’s 127.0.0.1 by WSL 2 networking
• The extension connects to http://localhost:18789 which reaches your WSL Gateway

That’s it! Open VS Code in Windows, install the extension, and start chatting.

Usage

Sidebar Chat

Click the OpenClaw icon in the activity bar to open the chat sidebar.

Popup Panel

Run command “OpenClaw: Open Chat Panel” or click the 🦞 button in the status bar. You can open up to 5 panels simultaneously.

Model Switching

Click the model selector in the chat toolbar to switch models per-session:

• Each session remembers its model choice independently
• Use “default” to reset to the global default model
• Configure openclaw.defaultModel in settings for new sessions

Project Skills & Workflows

Skills

Skills are auto-detected from any skills/ folder in your workspace.

project/
├── skills/
│   ├── debug/
│   │   └── skill.md
│   └── refactor/
│       └── skill.md

Usage:

• Type a trigger keyword: “help me debug this code”
• Or use slash command: /debug
• Or run /skills to list all available skills

Workflows

Workflows are auto-detected from workflows/ folder.

project/
└── workflows/
    ├── .cursorrules
    └── code-review.md

Usage:

• Use slash prefix: /.cursorrules what should I do?
• Or run /workflow to list all workflows

Slash Commands

File Reference

Type @ in the input box to open file picker:

• Search by filename
• Drag & drop files
• Paste images from clipboard

Plan Mode vs Execute Mode

• Execute Mode (default): AI can call tools and make changes
• Plan Mode: AI outputs a plan only, waits for confirmation

Toggle in the bottom toolbar.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• Enter - Send message
• Shift+Enter - New line
• @ in input - Open file picker

Configuration

Open VS Code Settings (Ctrl+,) and search for “OpenClaw”:

Development

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/shenyingjun5/openclaw-vscode
cd openclaw-vscode
npm install

# Compile
npm run compile

# Watch mode
npm run watch

# Package
npx @vscode/vsce package

Troubleshooting

Connection Failed

Symptom: Red dot in title bar, “连接失败”

Solution:

1. Ensure OpenClaw is installed: openclaw --version
2. Check Gateway is running: openclaw gateway status
3. On Windows, configure the binary path in VS Code settings
4. Verify Gateway URL matches your config

Skills Not Detected

1. Ensure you have a skills/ folder in your workspace
2. Run /init command to force re-scan
3. Check skill.md format (YAML frontmatter required)

Model Switch Not Working

• The extension uses /model command via WebSocket (most reliable)
• If WebSocket fails, CLI fallback is used automatically
• Check openclaw.enableCliFallback is enabled (default: true)

Roadmap

• [x] Gateway WebSocket API support
• [x] Streaming output UI
• [x] Multi-session management
• [x] Publish to Open VSX
• [ ] Custom keybindings
• [ ] Inline diff editing
• [ ] Voice input support

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please open an issue or PR.

License

MIT

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OpenClaw VS Code 插件

VS Code 的 AI 编程助手，由 OpenClaw 驱动。

功能特性

• 💬 与 AI 对话 - 侧边栏和弹出面板聊天界面
• 🔄 变更预览与应用 - 可视化预览和应用代码变更
• 🎯 会话级模型切换 - 每个会话独立模型，多窗口互不干扰
• 🔌 实时连接状态 - WebSocket 连接状态指示器
• 📨 消息队列 - AI 回复时可继续发送，自动排队
• 🔧 工具调用展示 - 通过自动刷新轮询实时展示工具调用
• 💡 友好错误提示 - 智能分类错误并提供解决建议
• 🎯 技能与工作流集成 - 自动检测并使用项目技能
• 📎 文件和图片附件 - 附加代码文件和图片
• 🖼️ 图片粘贴 - 从剪贴板直接粘贴图片
• 📁 拖拽文件 - 从资源管理器、文件树、编辑器标签页直接拖拽
• 🔄 多窗口支持 - 最多 5 个并行聊天会话，各自独立历史
• 🌍 多语言 - 界面和 AI 输出完整国际化（zh-CN、en、ja、ko）
• 🪟 Windows 与 WSL 支持 - Windows/WSL 全兼容，自动回退机制

v0.2.10 新特性

🔗 链接渲染优化

• Markdown 自动链接 — 支持 `` 语法自动转为可点击链接
• 纯文本 URL 检测 — 消息中未包裹的 URL 自动识别为可点击链接
• 代码块保护 — 代码块和行内代码中的 URL 不会被错误转换（占位符机制）
• 系统浏览器打开 — 所有外部链接点击后通过系统默认浏览器打开，而非 webview 内导航

🔌 重连状态反馈

• 重连成功推送绿灯 — 点击重连成功后，状态灯立即从红变绿，清除错误信息
• 重连失败更新错误 — 重连失败时更新最新错误信息到状态弹窗

安装

从 GitHub Releases 安装（推荐）

1. 从 Releases 下载最新的 .vsix
2. 打开 VS Code
3. 按 Ctrl+Shift+P → “Extensions: Install from VSIX…”
4. 选择下载的文件

从 Open VSX 安装

1. 打开 VS Code / VSCodium
2. 进入扩展 (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. 搜索 “OpenClaw”
4. 点击安装

前置要求

• 必须安装并运行 OpenClaw
• Gateway 需要在 http://localhost:18789 可访问（默认）

Windows 用户

如遇 “Cannot find openclaw” 错误：

1. 查找 OpenClaw 路径：

   where openclaw
   

2. 在 VS Code 设置中配置 (Ctrl+,)：

   • 搜索 “OpenClaw: Openclaw Path”
   • 输入路径，例如：
     • npm: C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Roaming\npm\openclaw.cmd
     • scoop: C:\Users\YourName\scoop\shims\openclaw.cmd
     • chocolatey: C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\openclaw.exe

在 WSL（Windows Linux 子系统）中使用 OpenClaw

如果您在 WSL 中安装了 OpenClaw，需要让 Gateway 能从 Windows 访问：

步骤 1：配置 Gateway 绑定所有接口

在 WSL 中，修改 Gateway 监听 0.0.0.0 而非 127.0.0.1：

# 停止当前 Gateway
openclaw gateway stop

# 编辑 Gateway 配置
nano ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json

找到 gateway 部分，修改 host：

{
  "gateway": {
    "host": "0.0.0.0",
    "port": 18789
  }
}

或使用命令行参数启动：

openclaw gateway start --host 0.0.0.0

步骤 2：在 Windows 中使用插件

插件已预配置开箱即用 WSL：

• 默认 Gateway URL：http://localhost:18789（自动映射到 WSL）
• Windows VS Code 中无需额外配置
• WebSocket 连接自动工作

工作原理：

• Windows 的 localhost 会通过 WSL 2 网络桥接自动转发到 WSL 的 127.0.0.1
• 插件连接到 http://localhost:18789 即可访问 WSL 内的 Gateway

完成！在 Windows 中打开 VS Code，安装插件，即可开始对话。

使用方法

侧边栏聊天

点击活动栏中的 OpenClaw 图标打开聊天侧边栏。

弹出面板

运行命令 “OpenClaw: Open Chat Panel” 或点击状态栏中的 🦞 按钮。可以同时打开最多 5 个面板。

模型切换

点击聊天工具栏中的模型选择器，按会话切换模型：

• 每个会话独立记忆模型选择
• 选择 “default” 恢复全局默认模型
• 在设置中配置 openclaw.defaultModel 设定新会话默认模型

项目技能与工作流

技能

技能会从工作区中的任意 skills/ 文件夹自动检测。

project/
├── skills/
│   ├── debug/
│   │   └── skill.md
│   └── refactor/
│       └── skill.md

使用方式：

• 输入触发关键词：“help me debug this code”
• 或使用斜杠命令：/debug
• 或运行 /skills 列出所有可用技能

工作流

工作流从 workflows/ 文件夹自动检测。

project/
└── workflows/
    ├── .cursorrules
    └── code-review.md

使用方式：

• 使用斜杠前缀：/.cursorrules what should I do?
• 或运行 /workflow 列出所有工作流

斜杠命令

文件引用

在输入框中输入 @ 打开文件选择器：

• 按文件名搜索
• 拖放文件
• 从剪贴板粘贴图片

计划模式 vs 执行模式

• 执行模式（默认）：AI 可以调用工具并进行更改
• 计划模式：AI 只输出计划，等待确认后才执行

在底部工具栏中切换。

快捷键

• Enter - 发送消息
• Shift+Enter - 换行
• 输入 @ - 打开文件选择器

配置

打开 VS Code 设置 (Ctrl+,) 搜索 “OpenClaw”：

开发

# 克隆并安装
git clone https://github.com/shenyingjun5/openclaw-vscode
cd openclaw-vscode
npm install

# 编译
npm run compile

# 监视模式
npm run watch

# 打包
npx @vscode/vsce package

故障排查

连接失败

症状：顶栏红点，“连接失败”

解决方案：

1. 确保已安装 OpenClaw：openclaw --version
2. 检查 Gateway 是否运行：openclaw gateway status
3. Windows 用户需在 VS Code 设置中配置路径
4. 确认 Gateway URL 与配置一致

技能未检测到

1. 确保工作区中有 skills/ 文件夹
2. 运行 /init 命令强制重新扫描
3. 检查 skill.md 格式（需要 YAML frontmatter）

模型切换不生效

• 扩展使用 WebSocket 发送 /model 命令（最可靠）
• WebSocket 失败时自动使用 CLI 兜底
• 检查 openclaw.enableCliFallback 是否启用（默认：true）

路线图

• [x] Gateway WebSocket API 支持
• [x] 流式输出 UI
• [x] 多会话管理
• [x] 发布到 Open VSX
• [ ] 自定义快捷键
• [ ] 内联 Diff 编辑
• [ ] 语音输入

贡献

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许可证

MIT