NDE Hub ⚡

All-in-one developer hub for VS Code — manage extension bundles, AI chat integration, and upcoming agent/MCP/skills/RAG/LLM tools in a single panel.

Features

⚡ General Dashboard (Sidebar)

Open from the Activity Bar (sidebar icon). Horizontal tabs with quick actions:

• 📦 Bundle Config — Open the full config panel
• 📋 Installed — View all installed extensions in VS Code
• 🔄 Reset Config — Reset to defaults
• 💬 Quick Chat — AI provider selector (Antigravity, VS Code/Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf) with Open Chat & Quick Ping

📦 Bundle Config Panel

Open from sidebar or Command Palette → Configure NDE Hub Bundles.

• Multi-bundle selection — JavaScript, Python, Java, Flutter, Rust, Go
• 3-column layout — Common Extensions | Bundle Extensions | Final Preview
• Per-extension controls — Install, Uninstall, View in VS Code, Marketplace link
• Install status detection — Green ✓ for installed, ○ for missing
• Bulk actions — ✓ All, ✗ None, ↺ Reset per section and per column
• Install / Uninstall All Checked — with progress notification
• Collapsible details — version badge, extension ID, description
• Tab bar — Bundle Config (active) + coming soon tabs (Agent, MCP, Skills, RAG, LLM)

📤 Export / 📥 Import / 🌐 Sync

• Export to npack-YYYY-MM-DD.json with full extension map
• Import from local .json file with schema validation
• Sync from URL — paste a GitHub or raw URL to load a shared config
• Dirty indicator — Export button pulses yellow when config has unsaved changes

🔧 Config Schema (npack.json)

{
  "version": 1,
  "selectedPacks": ["javascript"],
  "uncheckedExtensions": ["Codeium.codeium"],
  "extensions": {
    "common": ["esbenp.prettier-vscode", "..."],
    "javascript": ["dbaeumer.vscode-eslint", "..."]
  },
  "exportedAt": "2026-03-21T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Available Commands

• Configure NDE Hub Bundles — opens the config panel
• Reset NDE Hub Config — clears saved state
• Show Installed Extensions — opens VS Code extensions filtered to installed

Press Ctrl+Shift+P to open the Command Palette.

Extension Bundles

Bundle	Includes
Common (shared)	Theme, Icons, Font, Formatter, AI, Git, Tools
JavaScript	ESLint, Tailwind CSS, npm IntelliSense, Auto Import
Python	Python, Pylance, Black, Jupyter
Java	Java Extension Pack, Spring Boot, Maven, Gradle
Flutter	Flutter, Dart, Bloc, Pubspec Assist
Rust	rust-analyzer, crates, TOML, CodeLLDB
Go	Go, Go Test Explorer, Protocol Buffers

Install

From VSIX (local)

Download from Releases, then:

Extensions sidebar → ⋯ menu → Install from VSIX...

From Source

pnpm install
pnpm run compile
# Then press F5 to launch Extension Development Host

Development

pnpm run watch    # compile on save
pnpm run lint     # biome check
pnpm run format   # biome format

Roadmap

✅ v1.0 — Done

• Multi-bundle config panel with 3-column layout
• Install / Uninstall management with status detection
• Export / Import / Sync from URL
• Schema validation for config files
• Activity Bar sidebar with webview tabs
• Dirty state indicator on Export button
• Quick Chat integration with multi-provider support
• Config panel tab bar with coming soon feature previews

🚧 Coming Soon — Integrated Tabs

These features appear as disabled tabs in both the sidebar and config panel, ready for future development:

🤖 Agent Config

• AI agent configuration UI (system prompts, model selection, temperature)
• Per-project agent profiles with import/export
• Agent rules editor (AGENTS.md / .cursorrules / .claude)

🔌 MCP Server Management

• Discover, install, and configure MCP servers
• Visual MCP server status dashboard
• Per-project MCP server profiles

🧩 Skills Management

• Browse and install agent skills (SKILL.md)
• Skill marketplace with search and categories
• Custom skill authoring wizard

📚 Context (RAG)

• RAG-powered codebase context (embeddings + vector search)
• Knowledge item browser and editor
• Conversation history search and retrieval
• Context window optimization (token budget management)

🧠 LLM Server Management

• Local AI server management (Ollama, llama.cpp, LM Studio)
• API key vault (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral)
• Model switcher with cost/performance comparison
• Unified inference proxy for local + cloud models

Tips

• Tailwind CSS IntelliSense — configure classRegex in VS Code settings for full support. See settings example.
• FiraCode Font — after installing, you may need to manually install the font files and restart VS Code.

Feedback

Issues & Feature Requests

Credits

Template based on tpack by SeyyedKhandon.