rasindualpha/vscode-qa-checks

QA Checks (VS Code extension)

Lightweight QA and code-review checks inside VS Code. It scans your code for common quality problems and reports them as editor squiggles, a sidebar issue list, a status bar counter and an HTML report — no external linters, no runtime dependencies.

What it checks

Rule ID	Severity	What it flags
todoComment	info	TODO / FIXME / HACK / XXX markers
debuggerStatement	error	Leftover debugger statements (JS/TS) and breakpoint() calls (Python)
debugLogging	warning	console.log / console.debug / console.info in JS/TS files
emptyCatch	error	Empty catch {} blocks and except: pass in Python
longLine	info	Lines longer than qaChecks.maxLineLength (default 120)
trailingWhitespace	info	Trailing spaces/tabs (off by default)

Every rule can be toggled in Settings under qaChecks.rules.*.

Build and run

Requires Node.js 18+ and npm.

npm install
npm run compile      # outputs JavaScript to out/

Run it from source (recommended while developing)

code .               # open this folder in VS Code
# press F5 — a new "Extension Development Host" window opens with QA Checks active

Package and install as a .vsix

npm install -g @vscode/vsce   # or use: npx @vscode/vsce
vsce package                  # produces qa-checks-0.1.0.vsix
code --install-extension qa-checks-0.1.0.vsix

Using it

• QA Checks: Scan Workspace — scans the whole workspace (respects qaChecks.include / qaChecks.exclude globs, skips files over 512 KB, caps at 200 diagnostics per file).
• QA Checks: Scan Current File — scans the active editor (also in the editor context menu).
• QA Checks: Show QA Report — opens an HTML report with issue counts by rule and by file (also available by clicking the status bar item).
• QA Checks: Clear All Issues — removes all diagnostics.
• Files are re-scanned automatically on save when qaChecks.runOnSave is on.
• The QA Checks icon in the activity bar opens the sidebar issue list: files with issues, expandable to per-line entries that jump straight to the offending line.

Configuration

{
  "qaChecks.enabled": true,
  "qaChecks.runOnSave": true,
  "qaChecks.maxLineLength": 120,
  "qaChecks.include": ["**/*"],
  "qaChecks.exclude": ["**/node_modules/**", "**/out/**", "**/dist/**", "**/build/**", "**/.git/**", "**/__pycache__/**", "**/.venv/**", "**/venv/**"],
  "qaChecks.rules.trailingWhitespace": false
}

Project layout

package.json        manifest: commands, views, settings, 6 rules
tsconfig.json       TypeScript config (strict)
src/extension.ts    entry point: wires commands, diagnostics, status bar, save hook
src/rules.ts        the rule engine's rule definitions
src/engine.ts       scan engine (workspace + per-file, size/diagnostic caps)
src/tree.ts         sidebar "Issues" tree view
src/report.ts       HTML report webview
media/qa-icon.svg   activity bar icon

Extending it

Add a rule by appending an entry to the RULES array in src/rules.ts — an id, a label, a severity and a check(context) function that returns null or { message, start, end } for the current line. Then add a qaChecks.rules.<id> boolean to package.json so users can toggle it. Everything else (scanning, sidebar, report, status bar) picks it up automatically.