Add VSCode extension configuration to disable CLI colors

packages/core/src/constants.ts

@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ export const PLACEHOLDER_API_KEY = "<your token>"
 export const VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_VERSION = "cli.version"
 export const VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PATH = "cli.path"
 export const VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PACKAGE_MANAGER = "cli.packageManager"
+export const VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_NO_COLORS = "cli.noColors"
 
 export const CONSOLE_COLOR_INFO = 32
 export const CONSOLE_COLOR_DEBUG = 90

packages/vscode/package.json

@@ -373,6 +373,11 @@
                     "genaiscript.cli.path": {
                         "type": "string",
                         "description": "Path to GenAIScript CLI. Default uses npx."
+                    },
+                    "genaiscript.cli.noColors": {
+                        "type": "boolean",
+                        "default": false,
+                        "description": "Disable color output in the CLI. Default is false (colors enabled)."
                     }
                 }
             }

packages/vscode/src/config.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
     VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PACKAGE_MANAGER,
     VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PATH,
     VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_VERSION,
+    VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_NO_COLORS,
 } from "../../core/src/constants"
 import { CORE_VERSION, VSCODE_CLI_VERSION } from "../../core/src/version"
 import { semverParse, semverSatisfies } from "../../core/src/semver"
@@ -21,11 +22,12 @@ export async function resolveCli(state: ExtensionState) {
         | "npm"
         | "yarn"
         | "pnpm" // TODO: add support for bun
+    const noColors = config.get(VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_NO_COLORS) as boolean
     const gv = semverParse(CORE_VERSION)
     if (!semverSatisfies(cliVersion, ">=" + gv.major + "." + gv.minor))
         vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
             TOOL_ID +
                 ` - genaiscript cli version (${cliVersion}) outdated, please update to ${CORE_VERSION}`
         )
-    return { cliPath, cliVersion, packageManager }
+    return { cliPath, cliVersion, packageManager, noColors }
 }

packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts

@@ -136,14 +136,17 @@ export function activateFragmentCommands(state: ExtensionState) {
         )
         if (parameters === undefined) return
 
-        const { cliPath, cliVersion } = await resolveCli(state)
+        const { cliPath, cliVersion, noColors } = await resolveCli(state)
         const args = [
             "run",
             vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(script.filename),
             ...files.map((file) =>
                 vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(file.fsPath)
             ),
         ]
+        if (noColors) {
+            args.push("--no-colors")
+        }
         for (const [name, value] of Object.entries(parameters)) {
             args.push(`--vars`, `${name}=${value}`)
         }

packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ export class TerminalServerManager
         logVerbose(
             `starting server on port ${this._port} at ${cwd} (DEBUG=${debug || ""})`
         )
-        const { cliPath, cliVersion, packageManager } = await resolveCli(
+        const { cliPath, cliVersion, packageManager, noColors } = await resolveCli(
             this.state
         )
         const githubCopilotChatClient = isLanguageModelsAvailable()
@@ -208,23 +208,29 @@ export class TerminalServerManager
             }),
             hideFromUser,
         })
-        if (cliPath)
-            this._terminal.sendText(
-                `node "${cliPath}" serve --port ${this._port} --dispatch-progress --cors "*" ${githubCopilotChatClient}`
-            )
+        if (cliPath) {
+            const cmd = `node "${cliPath}" serve --port ${this._port} --dispatch-progress --cors "*" ${githubCopilotChatClient}${noColors ? " --no-colors" : ""}`.trim()
+            this._terminal.sendText(cmd)
+        }
         else {
+            const args = [
+                `${TOOL_ID}@${cliVersion}`,
+                `serve`,
+                `--port`,
+                `${this._port}`,
+                `--dispatch-progress`,
+                `--cors`,
+                `"*"`
+            ]
+            if (githubCopilotChatClient) {
+                args.push(githubCopilotChatClient)
+            }
+            if (noColors) {
+                args.push("--no-colors")
+            }
             const pkg = await packageResolveExecute(
                 cwd,
-                [
-                    `${TOOL_ID}@${cliVersion}`,
-                    `serve`,
-                    `--port`,
-                    `${this._port}`,
-                    `--dispatch-progress`,
-                    `--cors`,
-                    `"*"`,
-                    githubCopilotChatClient,
-                ],
+                args,
                 { agent: packageManager }
             )
             const cmd = [shellQuote([pkg.command]), ...pkg.args].join(" ")

packages/vscode/src/taskprovider.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export async function activeTaskProvider(state: ExtensionState) {
             try {
                 if (!state.project) return []
 
-                const { cliPath, cliVersion } = await resolveCli(state)
+                const { cliPath, cliVersion, noColors } = await resolveCli(state)
                 const exec = shellQuote([cliPath || `npx`])
                 const exeArgs = cliPath
                     ? []
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ export async function activeTaskProvider(state: ExtensionState) {
                         script.filename
                     )
                     const args = [...exeArgs, "run", scriptName]
+                    if (noColors) {
+                        args.push("--no-colors")
+                    }
                     if (vscode.window.activeTextEditor)
                         args.push("${relativeFile}")
                     const task = new vscode.Task(