Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Codebank search my local bank for a debounce function and insert it here"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
Codebank is a local-first VS Code extension, CLI, and MCP server that banks reusable code and recalls it in any project. Entries are plain files under ~/.codebank/. Nothing is sent over the network, and nothing is written into a project until you accept it.
The repository is public and licensed under MIT. Implementation follows spec/CODEBANK-SPEC.md, milestones M1 through M4, each shippable on its own.
Select a function and run Codebank: Deposit Selection.
Run Codebank: Search and pick a result.
Insert it. Codebank writes the files and can type an install command into a terminal without running it.
From a terminal, the same bank is codebank add, codebank search, and codebank get.
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main is locked. Changes merge only through pull requests, CI must pass, and force-pushes and branch deletion are blocked. Administrators do not bypass those rules.
Only collaborators with write access can open pull requests. The maintainer account is bobrowsse-tech. Add another maintainer from the repository collaborators settings; everyone else can clone and use the code, and cannot open a pull request.
Publishing a GitHub Release tagged vX.Y.Z (the same version as packages/vscode/package.json) runs .github/workflows/publish.yml:
Test, package the .vsix, and attach it to the release.
Publish that package to the Visual Studio Marketplace (VSCE_PAT) and Open VSX (OVSX_PAT).
Publish the CLI to npm only when NPM_TOKEN is set and the package name is scoped. The unscoped name codebank is already taken.
Add the secrets under Settings, Secrets and variables, Actions. The Marketplace publisher id is still an open decision in section 10 of the spec, so do not cut a release until that id is in the extension manifest.
workflow_dispatch on the same workflow packages and uploads a build artifact without publishing.
spec/CODEBANK-SPEC.md is the build specification.
ui/png/ has screenshots of every screen (Main is the S1 first-run scan, then S2 to S8, and Tokens). ui/html/ is the same screens as static HTML. Colors map to VS Code theme variables. Never hard-code hex values in the extension.
ui/source/ has the original design files. They need the design tool's runtime, so use ui/html/ instead.
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