A local-first VS Code extension that watches Codex rollout logs and turns recent agent activity into a compact status bar item, dockable activity view, and sanitized event details.
The extension follows local rollout JSONL files under the Codex sessions directory, then shows bounded operational summaries instead of raw logs. It is built for the ordinary moment when an agent is busy and you want a quick read on what is happening.
Codex users who run local sessions and want status, recent activity, and quick log navigation inside VS Code.
ext install jacsteyn.codex-statusline-vscode
Compact Codex activity without sending log data anywhere.
Shows states such as pinned, running command, watching, or no log found without opening the raw rollout file.
Adds a dockable Explorer view with recent ASK, RUN, EDIT, TOOL, and LOG rows plus richer detail on selection.
Starts pinned to a detected rollout log, with commands for Watch Another Log, Pin Current Log, and Follow Latest.
Codex Statusline discovers rollout logs under ~/.codex/sessions, reads a bounded slice of recent history when a log is first watched, tails appended bytes, handles partial trailing lines, and recovers from truncation.
The default sessions root is configurable, with macOS and Linux using ~/.codex/sessions and Windows using %USERPROFILE%\.codex\sessions.
The extension reads local Codex rollout logs from your machine and does not send log data to any service.
Normal UI output favors compact operational summaries and suppresses assistant and system message events.
User prompt previews can appear as ASK rows, so screenshots and screen recordings should still be treated carefully.
Opening a rollout log from the detail view is an intentional local action for deeper inspection.
Raw JSON for unrecognized events is hidden unless the debugging setting is explicitly enabled.
Marketplace screenshots from the public extension release.
Pinned status, current log label, and recent sanitized activity rows in Explorer.
Selected rows expand into compact metadata, prompt context, and an open-log action.
Friendly rollout labels make it easier to switch between local Codex sessions.
The project is split around configuration, log discovery, tailing, parsing, target selection, and the VS Code webview surface.
Configuration, rollout discovery, tailing, parsing, status bar updates, and optional output-channel diagnostics.
Recognizes a conservative subset of event shapes and keeps unknown raw payloads out of the default UI.
Unit and integration coverage for parser sanitization, log discovery, tailing, display formatting, and command registration.
The first public release is version 0.0.1 under publisher Jac Steyn.