vibecheck for VS Code

ESLint for AI slop. 34 rules for catching AI-generated code smells in JS/TS and Python, right in your editor.

Features

• Inline diagnostics (red/yellow/blue squigglies) for AI code smells
• Problems panel integration
• Status bar indicator showing issue count
• Runs on save, or trigger manually
• Configurable severity threshold
• Reads .vibecheckrc / .vibecheckrc.json from your project

What it catches

• Hardcoded secrets and SQL injection
• Empty catch blocks and swallowed promises
• Stub functions (throw new Error("not implemented"))
• Hedging comments ("should work hopefully")
• Step-by-step comments (// Step 1:, // Step 2:)
• ASCII section dividers (// ========)
• Deep nesting (4+ levels)
• as any type escapes
• console.log pollution
• And 23 more rules

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
vibecheck.enable	true	Enable/disable diagnostics
vibecheck.runOnSave	true	Run when files are saved
vibecheck.severity	info	Minimum severity to show (error, warn, info)

Commands

• vibecheck: Run on Current File - manually trigger a scan

Cursor / Windsurf

Works in Cursor and Windsurf out of the box via the VS Code Marketplace.

If you're using a non-default Cursor profile and the extension installs but doesn't activate, this is a known Cursor bug where VSIX installs don't register in the active profile. Fix it by specifying the profile explicitly:

cursor --profile "YourProfileName" --install-extension yuvrajangadsingh.vibecheck-linter

Links

• GitHub
• CLI & GitHub Action
• Rules reference