Betopia Coder

Release notes & installation

What's new in the Betopia Coding Agent extension and how to install it alongside the CLI.

v0.0.1 BetaBetopia Coding Agent · VS Code extension

A workspace-aware AI coding partner, built into VS Code.

Chat with your project, make controlled edits, run commands, and hand off focused work—all under the permission controls you choose.

Chat & agent core

  • Streamed chat in the activity bar and secondary sidebar.
  • Multi-round tool calling with a live run-activity timeline.
  • Auto model routing with the serving model shown on each reply.
  • Queue, edit, or reorder prompts while a run is in progress.

Sign-in & account

  • One-click device-code sign-in, with manual API keys as a fallback.
  • Credentials stored in VS Code Secret Storage, never workspace files.
  • Account status, usage details, and a refreshed status-bar usage indicator.

Models

  • Live Betopia model catalog with a curated set of tested models.
  • Context and output limits read from the catalog automatically.
  • Images withheld from models that do not support vision.

Permissions & safety

  • Ask, Edit, Plan, and Auto permission modes.
  • Plan mode blocks file writes and terminal commands at the tool level.
  • Native diff review and explicit approval for sensitive actions.
  • Workspace path checks and approval for custom provider endpoints.

Workspace tools

  • Read, write, rename, delete, and review file changes.
  • Terminal commands, background dev servers, and HTTP health checks.
  • Attach images, PDFs, and Office documents to prompts.
  • Change ledger for terminal-driven edits and safe undo review.

Skills, MCP & subagents

  • Built-in and project-specific skills with inline routing context.
  • MCP over stdio, SSE, HTTP, or raw JSON, with connection testing.
  • Structured subagent hand-offs for well-defined parallel tasks.

Sessions & context

  • Named workspace conversations with rename and delete.
  • Durable recovery after an interrupted extension session.
  • Automatic context compaction and a live context-window indicator.

Reliability

  • Retryable provider errors use bounded backoff.
  • Stalled, blank, or token-truncated responses recover automatically.
  • Leaked internal tool markup is removed before it reaches chat.
  • Failed runs do not stall later queued prompts.

Requirements

VS Code 1.90 or later and a Betopia AI account. Sign in with device code or provide your own API key.

Known beta limitations

Node version-manager detection can vary by host shell. Auto routing, skill routing, and MCP transport coverage will continue to be tuned.

Install

Choose your workflow

Use the CLI in any terminal, or install the extension for a workspace-aware VS Code experience.

Betopia Coder CLI

Install in your terminal

Recommended for any editor, shell, or automation workflow.

npm install -g @betopia/betopia-cli@latest

Node.js 18 or later required.

VS Code extension

Work inside VS Code

Get workspace-aware chat, controlled edits, terminal tools, and permission review in the editor.

Download VS Code extension

Requires VS Code 1.90 or later.