We know how tiring it can get to keep switching between multiple platforms and your IDE. No need to toggle between monday and Visual Studio Code anymore, with our VSCode extension, bring your monday workspace right into your IDE. Say goodbye to context switching and hello to increased productivity.
Where to find the extension
The monday VSCode extension is available in the VSCode marketplace, Open VSX marketplace, and directly in your IDE extensions tab.
Key features
The monday VSCode extension provides:
- Secure OAuth authentication
- One-click feature branch creation from items
- AI-powered item context for your IDE chat (with a native recommendation to install our official MCP)
- Seamless branch/pull request creation that's automatically linked to your items
Authentication
You can set your monday.com API token to access your workspace. The token is securely stored in VSCode's secret storage.
Board Context
By using the extension, you gain easy and fast access to your recent monday boards. You can set a context board to view and manage its items, and easily search through it.
Item management
Item management means you can view all items assigned to you in the selected board as well as search and filter items by name or ID.
Detailed item view showing includes:
- Item name and ID
- Group information
- Custom column values
- Current status
Item actions
Each item has three quick actions, including:
-
View details - open detailed item view
- Create branch - automatically create a feature branch based on the item identifier
- Open pull request - create a pull request on GiHub based on the item's branch
- Open in monday - open the item in the monday.com web interface
- Solve with AI - enrich IDE AI chat with the item context
If you have any questions, please reach out to our team right here. We’re available 24/7 and happy to help.