stacktale for VS Code

Surface stacktale's errors-ai.log inside VS Code — the AI-ready error reports, one click from the culprit line, one click to your AI.

stacktale is a Java logging library that writes a second log built for a machine to read: root cause first, your culprit frame marked, the story of what led to the error. This extension makes that log navigable in the editor — the same tool-window experience the JetBrains plugin gives IntelliJ users, now for VS Code and the AI-native editors built on it (Cursor, Windsurf).

What it does

• Error reports view — a stacktale view in the activity bar lists every report in errors-ai.log, newest first, with the root-cause headline and timestamp. It refreshes live as new errors land (and across rotation).
• Jump to the culprit — click a report to open the exact File.java:line stacktale marked as your code, not the framework's.
• Copy report for AI — the inline copy action puts the whole report block on your clipboard, ready to paste to an assistant. (Or point your assistant at the file directly with the stacktale MCP server.)

Setup

Install the extension. It activates automatically when the workspace contains an errors-ai.log. No configuration needed — it auto-detects the first errors-ai.log in the workspace.

If you keep the file somewhere specific, set the path (relative to the workspace root):

{ "stacktale.file": "build/errors-ai.log" }

You get an errors-ai.log by adding stacktale to your Java app — see the stacktale quickstart.

Development

npm install
npm run compile   # tsc → out/
npm test          # compile + run the parser tests

Press F5 in VS Code to launch an Extension Development Host with the extension loaded, open a project that has an errors-ai.log, and the stacktale view appears in the activity bar.

License

Apache-2.0, like stacktale itself.