MADSCode

Visual Studio Code extension scaffold for the MADS framework.

What is MADS

MADS is a Multi-Agent Distributed System: a multi-platform framework of tools and libraries to coordinate a bunch of agents that exchange information through ZeroMQ protocol. MADS is plugin-based, and also has a Python interface.

This extension helps in the development of MADS plugins. Look at the Guides for HOW-TOs.

Features

• Activity bar entry with MADS Info, Control, Configurations, and Plugins side views
• Shows mads -v and mads -p
• Lists .ini files with [agents] and .toml files with [director] from the workspace
• Opens files in the editor when selected
• Starts and stops mads broker / mads director
• Generates .ini, .toml, and FSM .dot template files
• Lists mads --plugins output and creates new plugins
• Lists available MADS packages and allows direct install of binaries (plugins and agents)

Settings

MADSCode contributes the following settings:

• madscode.roomsTimeoutMs: timeout in milliseconds used by the MADS Info > Rooms discovery command. The default is 5000.

You can also configure it in settings.json:

{
  "madscode.roomsTimeoutMs": 5000
}

Installing

MADSCode is on Visual Studio Code marketplace here.

MADSCode is also distributed via Open VSX, you can install it by downloading it from https://open-vsx.org/extension/MADS-Net/madscode and then code --install-extension MADS-Net.madscode-<version>.vsix

Running locally

1. Open this folder in Visual Studio Code.
2. Press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host.
3. In the new window, open a workspace containing MADS configuration files.

Packaging

1. Run npm install.
2. Run npm run package.
3. Install the generated .vsix from the VS Code Extensions panel with Install from VSIX....