Pair Flow releases preview of VS Code AI pair programming extension
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Pair Flow has released an early public preview of its VS Code AI pair programming extension. The extension pauses before generating a plan and before each code change, waiting for developer approval before continuing; each change block involves at most 3 files, and unapproved proposals are only stored in the extension's local workspace storage without modifying source files. The current version only supports a single workspace root and whole-file text proposals, and does not automatically execute shell commands. Users can install it from the Preview list in the VS Code Marketplace, or download the latest VSIX from GitHub Releases and install it manually. The JetBrains version for IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PyCharm and other 2025.1+ versions has been submitted to the JetBrains Marketplace and is still under review.
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Pair Flow is a VS Code extension that pauses before planning and before every code change, requiring the developer to approve a plan and inspect each small diff (at most three files per chunk) before any source file is modified. It supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter and Ollama endpoints, stores API keys in VS Code SecretStorage, and keeps unapproved proposals in workspace-local storage for restart recovery. The project is an early public preview under the MIT license, with a JetBrains version in review and no shell commands executed automatically in this release.
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