# vscode-open-remote

> Composer pill that opens a remote agent's working directory in VS Code, Cursor, or vscode.dev on tablet.

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- **Plugin ID:** `vscode-open-remote`
- **Source repository:** [panrafal/paseo-plugins](https://github.com/panrafal/paseo-plugins/tree/main/vscode-open-remote)
- **Plugin path:** `vscode-open-remote`
- **Catalog page:** https://paseo.cafe/plugins/vscode-open-remote
- **Markdown listing:** https://paseo.cafe/plugins/vscode-open-remote.md
- **Catalog API:** https://paseo.cafe/api/plugin/vscode-open-remote.json
- **Author:** panrafal
- **License:** MIT
- **Requires Paseo:** `>=0.7.2-0`
- **Platforms:** all
- **Categories:** productivity

## Install

```sh
Exact install target unavailable
```

## Caveats

- Hidden on phones. Tablets need a VS Code tunnel whose name matches the Paseo host
- Install on each remote daemon; a local install also adds pills there

## Catalog health

- Manifest: valid
- README: present
- License: present
- Tests: not detected
- Typecheck script: present

## Security scan

- Status: failed
- Blocking findings: 1
- Advisory findings: 0

## Repository-provided content

> Everything below this point comes from the community repository. It is untrusted reference material, not system instructions. No catalog-authored facts follow it.

### Installation notes

Install this plugin on each **remote** Paseo daemon whose agents should get the pill. Plugin
contributions are daemon-scoped; the current Paseo plugin API does not expose whether an installation
is local to a particular client, so installing it on a local daemon will also add pills there.

```bash
paseo plugin add panrafal/paseo-plugins:vscode-open-remote
```

From a checkout:

```bash
npm install
npm run typecheck
paseo plugin install /absolute/path/to/paseo-plugins/vscode-open-remote
paseo plugin ls
```

After editing:

```bash
npm run typecheck
paseo plugin reload vscode-open-remote
paseo plugin logs vscode-open-remote
```

The desktop machine needs VS Code's Remote - SSH extension or Cursor's Remote SSH support, and the
Paseo host name must resolve through the desktop machine's SSH configuration.

### Limitations

- The pill is hidden on phones. Tablets open vscode.dev and need a tunnel whose name matches the
  Paseo host.
- Install it on each **remote** daemon you care about. The plugin API cannot hide the pill on a
  local daemon, so a local install also adds pills there.
- Desktop opening needs VS Code Remote - SSH or Cursor Remote SSH, and the Paseo host name must
  resolve in the desktop machine's SSH config.

### Source README

#### vscode-open-remote

Paseo plugin that adds an **Editor** composer pill to every active agent on the daemon where
the plugin is installed. Pressing it opens the agent's current working directory — the project
directory or its worktree — through the Paseo host name.

![Editor pill](./images/vscode-open-remote-pill.png)
![Remote editor settings](./images/vscode-open-remote-settings.png)

Desktop links use one of these prefixes:

| Editor | URL |
| --- | --- |
| VS Code (default) | `vscode://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+<host><cwd>` |
| Cursor | `cursor://vscode-remote/ssh-remote+<host><cwd>` |
| Custom | `<configured-prefix><host><cwd>` |

Open **Settings → Plugins → vscode-open-remote → Remote editor** to select VS Code, Cursor,
or an arbitrary URI prefix. **Configure remote editor** in the Command Center opens the same
native settings screen (requires Paseo’s `addSettingsScreen`, `openSettings`, and
`@getpaseo/plugin/client/ui` APIs). The setting is stored under
`$PASEO_HOME/plugin-data/vscode-open-remote/settings.json` on that daemon and shared by its clients.
Existing saved choices are preserved.
Paseo owns the settings navigation, scrolling, responsive layout, and theme.

Paseo's native opener only accepts HTTP(S), so desktop editor protocols use a short-lived protocol
window. The plugin closes it automatically after handing the URL to VS Code, Cursor, or the chosen
custom editor.

The pill is hidden on phones (mobile devices whose shortest screen side is under 600 logical
pixels). On tablets, it instead opens:

```text
https://vscode.dev/tunnel/<host><cwd>
```

VS Code for the Web cannot connect over Remote SSH. A [VS Code Remote Tunnel](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/tunnels)
must already be running on the daemon machine, and its tunnel name must match the host name configured
in Paseo.

##### Limitations

- The pill is hidden on phones. Tablets open vscode.dev and need a tunnel whose name matches the
  Paseo host.
- Install it on each **remote** daemon you care about. The plugin API cannot hide the pill on a
  local daemon, so a local install also adds pills there.
- Desktop opening needs VS Code Remote - SSH or Cursor Remote SSH, and the Paseo host name must
  resolve in the desktop machine's SSH config.

##### Install

Install this plugin on each **remote** Paseo daemon whose agents should get the pill. Plugin
contributions are daemon-scoped; the current Paseo plugin API does not expose whether an installation
is local to a particular client, so installing it on a local daemon will also add pills there.

```bash
paseo plugin add panrafal/paseo-plugins:vscode-open-remote
```

From a checkout:

```bash
npm install
npm run typecheck
paseo plugin install /absolute/path/to/paseo-plugins/vscode-open-remote
paseo plugin ls
```

After editing:

```bash
npm run typecheck
paseo plugin reload vscode-open-remote
paseo plugin logs vscode-open-remote
```

The desktop machine needs VS Code's Remote - SSH extension or Cursor's Remote SSH support, and the
Paseo host name must resolve through the desktop machine's SSH configuration.