editor-context

name	editor-context
description	Bridges the gap between terminal AI tools and the IDE editor. Activate when user says "this file", "this function", "this class", "explain this", "current file", "selected code", "what I have open", or asks about code without providing it. Skip if the AI already has the file content or path in context. Works with VS Code, Cursor, JetBrains IDEs and their forks via the One-IDE plugin.

Editor Context via one-ide-cli

Run the following to detect the current editor context:

one-ide-cli context /path/to/current/workspace

When to activate

Always run on the first coding turn of a new session — before answering, fetch context so the response is grounded in what the user actually has open.

Also activate when the question is code-adjacent and the active file is unknown. Trigger phrases include:

• explicit: "this file", "current file", "selected code", "what I have open"
• implicit: "this", "that", "it", "this field", "this function", "this class", "what does this mean", "explain this", "why is this"

Skip only when:

• The AI already has the file content or path in context (e.g. user pasted code directly)
• The question clearly refers only to pasted content with no ambiguity

Output

{
  "activeProject": "/Users/you/project",
  "activeFile": "/Users/you/project/src/main.ts",
  "activeSelection": {
    "startLine": 10,
    "startColumn": 0,
    "endLine": 20,
    "endColumn": 5
  },
  "openedFiles": [
    "/Users/you/project/src/main.ts",
    "/Users/you/project/src/utils.ts"
  ],
  "activeFileText": "...full file content...",
  "activeSelectionText": "...selected text..."
}

• activeFile — absolute path of the focused file, null if no file is open
• activeSelection — line/column range of selected text, null if nothing is selected
• activeFileText — full content of the active file, null if no file is open
• activeSelectionText — the selected text, null if nothing is selected
• openedFiles — all open editor tabs, empty array if none

Compatibility

Works with any IDE that has the One-IDE plugin installed: VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, WebStorm, PyCharm, etc.) and their forks.

If one-ide-cli is not found, install it: npm install -g one-ide-cli

Other Commands

one-ide-cli active-project              # workspace root of the active project
one-ide-cli active-file <project-path>  # active file in the given project
one-ide-cli opened-files <project-path> # all open files in the given project (JSON array)
one-ide-cli ide                         # active IDE name (e.g. VSCode, IntelliJ IDEA)
one-ide-cli --help