VS Code Extension

The CollabOps extension for VS Code lets you browse and manage issues, change requests, projects, and documents without leaving the editor.

It also works in Cursor, which is based on VS Code.

1. Installation

Install from the Marketplace

The extension page is at marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=collabops.collabops.

Select the Extensions icon in the activity bar.

Type CollabOps in the search box.

Select CollabOps in the results and click Install.

When installation finishes, the CollabOps icon appears in the activity bar.

Install from the command line

code --install-extension collabops.collabops

For Cursor:

cursor --install-extension collabops.collabops

VS Code 1.90 or later is required.

2. Signing in

You sign in from the extension itself. No prior setup is required.

Select the CollabOps icon in the activity bar.

Select Sign in.

Enter the server address.

Enter your email and password.

Select a workspace.

The server address, email, and workspace are saved, so you do not need to enter them again. If your session expires, only the password is requested.

3. Interface

Selecting the CollabOps icon in the activity bar shows the following lists in the sidebar.

Item status is indicated by icons. Issues are shown by progress stage; change requests are shown by merged, closed, draft, or conflicting state.

4. Browsing

Details

Selecting an item opens its details in Markdown. Change request details include the description, linked issues, CI results, and activity history.

To open an item in the browser, select the link icon on the right of the item.

Search

Search issues, change requests, documents, projects, and repositories at once.

You can also run CollabOps: Search from the command palette.

5. Editing

Right-click an item and select Edit to open an edit buffer.

---
title: Improve the sign-in screen
status: in_progress
priority: high
end_date: 2026-08-20
---

Write the body in Markdown.

- Lists
- Tables
- Code blocks

Edit the title, status, priority, and due date in the upper section, and the body below. Saving applies only the fields you changed.

6. Actions

Right-clicking an item shows the actions available for that item type.

Every action that modifies data requires input or confirmation.

7. Git integration

The following operations are available from the editor.

Create a topic branch from an issue

Check out the source branch of a change request

View the diff of a change request

Update a change request branch with its target branch

Clone a repository

Git commands are sent to the integrated terminal. Commands that modify the working tree are typed into the terminal but not executed, so you decide whether to run them.

8. Commands

Type CollabOps in the command palette to see the available commands.

9. Notes

Whitespace when editing body text

The server removes leading and trailing whitespace from text when saving, so a space adjacent to bold, code, or link formatting may be dropped. The same behavior applies in the web editor.

Images

Images in the body are shown as identifiers and cannot be previewed in the editor. Attachments are preserved when you edit and save.

Not supported

Permanent deletion — use the web application.

Assigning users and labels

Remote development

In Remote SSH and Dev Container environments the extension runs on the remote host, so you must sign in separately in that environment.

10. Troubleshooting