Interactive Walkthroughs

Interactive walkthroughs let agents present code explanations with visual diagrams, comments, and interactive elements directly in your IDE.

Where it's useful

Walkthroughs are great for

• reviewing code that an agent just finished writing;
• diving into a new codebase;
• debugging a problem within your codebase.

How to use it

• Ask the agent to "present me a walkthrough"; the side panel should open.
• For code comments:
  • Click on comments to locate them in the source.
  • Click the "Reply" button to embed a <symposium-ref/> that will tell the agent what comment you are responding to, and then talk naturally!
• You can also select text in any editor and use the "Discuss in Symposium" action to get a <symposium-ref/> referring to that text.

How it works

The MCP server offers a present_walkthrough tool. Agents invoke this tool with markdown that includes special blocks for coments and the like. The MCP server uses IPC to connect to the IDE extension. Read more in the design and implementation section..