Sourcegraph Cody — cody.json

https://docs.sourcegraph.com/cody/custom-commands

.vscode/cody.json (workspace-scoped). JSON defining slash-commands with prompt text, context options ( currentFile , openTabs , terminal ), and mode ( ask / edit / insert ). Reusable prompt templates for project-specific workflows; checked in for team sharing.

At a glance

Type
Custom command templates
Tier
T2
Created
2023-09 (Cody custom commands experimental in VS Code v0.10 Sep 3 2023; GA Dec 2023)
Latest release
not applicable — not OSS
License
not applicable — not OSS
GitHub
not applicable — no GitHub repo
Pricing
not applicable — not commercial
Funding
not applicable — not commercial

Taxonomy

storage
file
retrieval
injection
persistence
cross-session
update
overwrite
unit
document
governance
user-controllable
conflict
manual

When to use

Optimised for: simplicity / git-versioned / human-readable

Anti-fit: not for non-coding / non-IDE use cases

Pros & cons

Pros

Cody's project config file with explicit tool / context definitions; benefits from Sourcegraph's code intelligence.

Cons

Cody-only; Sourcegraph deployment expected for full benefit; enterprise positioning.

Claims & capabilities

Commands rather than freeform instructions.

Technical surface

API surface
not applicable — config file
Backend storage
file (cody.json)
Deployment
not applicable — not a deployable product
Embedding model
not applicable — config file
Multi-tenancy
hard-isolation
MCP
not applicable — file-as-memory paradigm (no API surface)
A2A
not applicable — file-as-memory paradigm
OpenTelemetry
not applicable — file-as-memory paradigm

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