Verzeta
Editor integration
This page covers every way to send code to an agent, run AI actions on code, and use what the agent sends back, without leaving the editor.
Where the chat view lives
The extension adds the chat view in two places:
- Activity Bar: click the Verzeta icon to open the chat in the primary side bar.
- Secondary Side Bar: on VS Code 1.106 and newer, Verzeta also appears in the Secondary Side Bar, alongside other chat panels. You can drag its tab wherever you like.
Both places show the same view and the same open conversation.
Open Chat in Editor
Click the Open Chat in Editor icon (the open-in-new-window icon) in the view's title bar, or run Verzeta: Open Chat in Editor from the Command Palette. The chat opens in an editor tab that you can split, move to another editor group, or place next to your code.
The editor tab and the side bar stay in sync; messages sent in one appear in both.
The Verzeta right-click submenu
Right-clicking in an editor shows a Verzeta submenu:
| Item | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ask an Agent About This… | Sends the selection to an agent you pick (see below). Shown only when text is selected. |
| Send Selection to Chat | Adds the selection to the composer as a code block, without sending it. Shown only when text is selected. |
| Attach Active File to Chat | Attaches the whole current file to the composer. |
| Attach Open Files to Chat… | Lets you pick open files to attach. |
| Add Context (Workspace Files) to Chat | Opens a picker of workspace files to attach. |
Context goes into the composer of the chat that is open.
Code Actions (lightbulb, Ctrl+.)
Select code and open the Code Actions menu (Ctrl+. / Cmd+., or click the
lightbulb). With a selection, the menu offers:
| Action | What the agent does |
|---|---|
| Verzeta: Explain | Explains what the selected code does. |
| Verzeta: Fix bugs | Finds problems in the selection and suggests fixes. |
| Verzeta: Refactor | Rewrites the selection to be clearer or more efficient. |
| Verzeta: Add tests | Writes unit tests for the selected code. |
| Verzeta: Add docs | Adds doc comments to functions, classes and methods in the selection. |
Each action writes a prompt from your selection and the file, and sends it to the open conversation right away. The agent's reply appears in the chat. If your workspace is shared with the chat (see Workspace mount), the agent can also edit your files directly. You can also click Apply on a code block in the reply that names a file (see Canvas and artifacts).
Fix this problem
When the cursor or selection touches an error or warning underline, one more action appears:
- Verzeta: Fix this problem: sends the diagnostic message and the affected code. Useful for compiler errors, linter warnings and type errors.
CodeLens (off by default)
CodeLens shows Verzeta: Explain, Verzeta: Add tests and Verzeta: Refactor links above functions, methods and classes, so you can run an action without selecting text.
CodeLens is off by default. To turn it on, add this to your settings:
"verzeta.codeLens.enabled": true
Or search for "Verzeta CodeLens" in the Settings UI. The lenses offer three of the five actions, on up to 60 functions or classes per file.
Ask an Agent About This…
Verzeta: Ask an Agent About This… is also in the right-click submenu. When the open chat has members, pick @everyone (every member) or one member's alias, then pick an action (Explain, Fix bugs, Refactor, Add tests, Add docs). The message is sent right away. In a 1:1 chat only the action picker appears. When you run it from the Command Palette with nothing selected, the whole file is used.
Generate Commit Message
Open the Source Control view (Ctrl+Shift+G). When a Git repository
is open, the title bar shows a sparkle icon for Verzeta: Generate
Commit Message.
Clicking it reads your staged diff (or the working-tree diff if nothing is staged) and sends it to the open conversation with a request for a short commit message. The agent's reply appears in the chat. Copy it into the commit message box.
Next to it is Add Git Diff to Chat. It puts the diff into the composer without sending it, so you can add a question first.
Send Last Terminal Command to Chat
Right-click in an integrated terminal and choose Send Last Terminal Command to Chat. It sends the last command you ran and its output to the open conversation. If the command failed, the message asks the agent to help fix it. Use it after a failed build or test run.
Note: The extension only sees commands that finished in a terminal with shell integration active. Without shell integration the command stays in the menu but shows "Verzeta: run a command in the integrated terminal first (requires shell integration)."
Adding context with the composer + menu
In the composer, the + button opens a menu with two options:
- Add Context: pick files from this workspace.
- Add Files: browse files on your computer.
Added files appear as chips in the composer. Remove a chip before sending to leave that file out.
Drag and drop
Drag one or more files from the VS Code Explorer, or from your file manager, onto the composer to attach them. If dropping does nothing, hold Shift while you drop.
Paste an image
Copy an image and paste it (Ctrl+V / Cmd+V) into the composer. The
image is attached as a chip and sent with your next message.
Which conversation receives an action
Editor actions go to the conversation that is open in the Verzeta view. If no conversation is open when you run an action, the extension asks "No active Verzeta conversation. Create one for this action?" Click Create chat, then pick a model, or press Esc to keep the current one.
If you switch conversations in the Verzeta view, later actions go to the newly opened one.