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Launch Code OSS (VS Code from sources) into an isolated throwaway profile with unique debug ports so you can drive it with @playwright/cli AND attach a Node debugger via dap-cli in the same session. Use when working on VS Code itself and you want to interact with the running workbench, automate chat or UI flows, test UI features, take screenshots, set breakpoints in the renderer / extension host / main process, or combine UI driving with debugging.
Pointa-Labs/basehalf · ★ 15 · AI & Automation · score 73
Install: claude install-skill Pointa-Labs/basehalf
# Code OSS Dev - Launch + Debug You're working on VS Code itself and you want to: 1. Launch a Code OSS build from sources that is **already signed in** (Copilot, GitHub, etc.) so chat / agent flows work end-to-end. 2. Drive it with `@playwright/cli` over CDP (UI automation). 3. Optionally attach a debugger via **dap-cli** to set breakpoints in the renderer, extension host, or main process. 4. Run multiple instances at once without port conflicts. This skill provides a launcher that clones an authenticated user-data-dir to a throwaway temp folder, picks free ports for every debug surface, and prints them as JSON so you can pick them up programmatically. The clone is **slim**: workspace storage, browser caches, file history, cached VSIX backups, and old logs are excluded by default. Auth tokens themselves live in the OS keychain (shared automatically) plus small files inside `User/globalStorage` - both of which *are* preserved. ## Prerequisites - macOS or Linux. The launcher is a bash script and depends on `rsync`, `curl`, `nohup`, and Node on `PATH`. The example caller snippets below also use `jq` (parse the JSON output) and `lsof` (kill-by-port fallback) — install those if you plan to use them, but the launcher itself does not require them. - A VS Code checkout with `node_modules/` installed (`npm install` if missing — do **not** symlink from a sibling worktree; that breaks builds in subtle ways). - A VS Code checkout with sources built. Run `npm run compile` once (one-