Add VS Code extension for dev-process-manager by Copilot · Pull Request #177 · vivid-planet/dev-process-manager

Copilot · 2026-04-14T07:09:24Z

Description

Adds a VS Code extension that connects to the dev-pm daemon socket to provide sidebar-based process management. Users currently need to switch to a terminal to check script status or run start/stop/restart commands — this extension surfaces that directly in the editor.

The extension lives in vscode-extension/ with its own package.json and tsconfig.json. No monorepo tooling needed — it's a self-contained subfolder.

What it provides:

TreeView in activity bar — shows all scripts with status, CPU, memory, PID, restart count. Auto-refreshes every 2s via the status socket command.
Inline actions — context-aware start/stop/restart buttons per script (e.g., "Start" only shown for stopped scripts)
Live log streaming — opens a VS Code Output Channel per script, streams logs via the logs socket command
Bulk actions — Start All / Stop All in the view title bar
Auto-discovery — finds .pm.sock in workspace folders, watches for socket creation/deletion

Communicates with the daemon using the existing plain-text socket protocol (<COMMAND> <JSON_OPTIONS>), parses the cli-table3 status output, and strips ANSI codes for clean display.

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Open TODOs/questions

Should the extension be published to the VS Code Marketplace under vivid-planet?
Consider adding a structured JSON status command to the daemon to avoid parsing cli-table3 output
The daemon currently sends ANSI-colored table output designed for terminals — a machine-readable protocol would be more robust for tooling consumers

Further information

Architecture:

daemon-client.ts — socket connection, command sending, status table parsing, ANSI stripping
scripts-tree-provider.ts — TreeDataProvider with auto-refresh timer, status icons via ThemeIcon
extension.ts — activation, command registration, socket path discovery, log channel management

Build: cd vscode-extension && npm install && npm run compile

Package: cd vscode-extension && npm run package produces a .vsix

Implements a VS Code extension in vscode-extension/ subfolder that: - Connects to the dev-pm daemon via Unix socket (.pm.sock) - Shows script statuses in a TreeView with auto-refresh - Provides start/stop/restart actions per script - Opens live log streams in VS Code Output Channels - Has Start All / Stop All bulk actions Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/vivid-planet/dev-process-manager/sessions/3a1e6f9e-3767-4634-9ac4-9fddc51567e9 Co-authored-by: nsams <50764+nsams@users.noreply.github.com>

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Move table rendering from daemon to CLI client so the VS Code extension can parse structured JSON directly. Add a version command to the daemon and version compatibility checking in the extension with auto-reconnect when the daemon goes down or restarts.

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mainly in preparation for #177, but imho generally a better idea to use a json protocol and render the table client side. ## Description The status command previously rendered tables directly in the daemon process and streamed the formatted output to the client. This approach mixed presentation logic with daemon logic and made it difficult to handle the status command differently from other commands. This change separates concerns by: 1. Moving table rendering logic from the daemon to the client command 2. Having the daemon send structured JSON data instead of formatted text 3. Extracting script status data collection into a reusable `getScriptEntries()` function 4. Exporting a new `ScriptStatusEntry` interface for type safety Additionally, the `connect()` function's default data handler is extracted into a new `pipeToStdout()` function, which is now explicitly called by commands that need it (logs, restart, shutdown, start, stop). This allows the status command to handle data differently without affecting other commands. **Benefits:** - Cleaner separation between daemon and client concerns - Status command can now parse and render data on the client side - Easier to extend or modify status output formatting without touching daemon code - Other commands continue to work as before with explicit `pipeToStdout()` calls https://claude.ai/code/session_01Atpc7SdHY1FwGiMUyjXAMB --------- Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

## Description Add a new `version` command to the daemon that allows clients to query the package version. This enables external tools and clients to programmatically check the daemon's version without needing to parse other outputs or access the filesystem directly. The command reads the version from `package.json` and returns it as a JSON response, consistent with the daemon's existing command response format. in preparation for #177 where we need to query the version https://claude.ai/code/session_01HvmQcsv8ncXZ6E5KW4H6V8 Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

nsams · 2026-07-30T13:13:30Z

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

…ode-plugin-socket # Conflicts: # .gitignore # src/commands/connect.ts # src/commands/logs.command.ts # src/commands/restart.command.ts # src/commands/start.command.ts # src/commands/status.command.ts # src/commands/stop.command.ts # src/daemon-command/script.ts # src/daemon-command/status.daemon-command.ts

Copilot · 2026-07-30T13:21:04Z

@copilot resolve the merge conflicts in this pull request

Resolved the merge conflicts in commit c05c3b7. The conflicts were mostly import style differences (import { type X } vs import type { X }) and the shared-types file location. I adopted main's import style, moved shared-types.d.ts into src/ to preserve the lib/ output structure, and included all new changes from main (tsconfig.tsbuildinfo in .gitignore, log-update v8 named export, TODO comment). Both builds and all 15 tests pass.

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Fix variable declaration order in isDaemonRunning

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Refactor status command to use JSON protocol #191

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Add version command to daemon #195

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