Sigrid extension for Visual Studio Code
This extension lets you view and manage findings in Visual Studio Code.
SIG offers two types of IDE integration:
The Sigrid MCP is IDE integration for AI coding assistants. It lets your AI coding assistant find quality issues in your code and fix them. It also gives an immediate feedback loop where you receive quality feedback as you’re working on the code.
The Visual Studio Code extension is an IDE extension “for humans”. It focuses on viewing and managing Sigrid findings from within your IDE. In particular, it lets you do the following:
- Navigate Sigrid findings in your IDE. This allows for faster and more familiar code navigation than having to navigate your code and findings in Sigrid itself.
- Show Sigrid findings for the code you’re currently working on. This makes it easier to take those findings into consideration and apply the boy scout rule when working on those files.
- Triage findings. Changing a finding’s status and adding remarks directly from your IDE makes it faster and more convenient when you need quickly triage large numbers of findings.
- Jump back-and-forth between Sigrid and your IDE. When needed, you can quickly jump from the finding information in your IDE to viewing the finding details in Sigrid.
Installing the extension
During the Beta phase, you will need to install the extension from GitHub. Once the extension is released, you will be able to install the extension from the Marketplace.
- You can find the Beta version of the extension on GitHub.
- Download the latest Beta release from the GitHub project’s releases section.
- In Visual Studio Code, select the “Extensions” screen in the left-hand menu.
- Click the “…” button located in the top-right of the menu called “extensions”. This button is located above the search field marked “search extensions in marketplace”.
- Click “install from VSIX”.
- Select the file you downloaded from GitHub.
Configuring the extension
Before you can use the extension, you will first need to provide your Sigrid credentials.
- Open the settings menu in Visual Studio Code.
- In the list of settings, select “Extensions”.
- In the extensions sub-menu, select “Sigrid”.
- Enter your Sigrid customer name and system name.
- You will also need to add your authentication token.
- If you are using on-premise Sigrid, you will also need to enter your on-premise URL. If you are using cloud-based Sigrid, this is not needed.
Using the extension
The Sigrid extension is not visible by default. You can open it using the ”> Sigrid: Show findings” command. When opened, the Sigrid extension contains multiple tabs, one for each Sigrid capability.
- Double-clicking on a finding will navigate you to the location of that finding in the code.
- Using the “open” icon in the right-hand side will open the corresponding Sigrid finding detail page in your default browser.
- The pencil icon allows you to edit a finding’s status and add remarks.
Contact and support
Feel free to contact SIG’s support team for any questions or issues you may have after reading this documentation or when using Sigrid.