vscode-ext-localization

SKILL.md

Localize VS Code extensions across configurations, walkthrough content, and source code messages.

Three localization approaches: package.nls.LANGID.json for settings, commands, menus, and views; markdown files for walkthrough content; bundle.l10n.LANGID.json for source code strings

Covers all user-facing resources including contributed configurations, commands, menus, views, ViewsWelcome, and walkthrough titles and descriptions

Requires creating or updating localization files for all supported languages whenever a localizable resource is added or modified

VS Code extension localization

This skill helps you localize every aspect of VS Code extensions

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

Localize new or existing contributed configurations (settings), commands, menus, views or walkthroughs

Localize new or existing messages or other string resources contained in extension source code that are displayed to the end user

Instructions

VS Code localization is composed by three different approaches, depending on the resource that is being localized. When a new localizable resource is created or updated, the corresponding localization for all currently available languages must be created/updated.