New Extension: Arazzo Designer - Complete IDE Support for Arazzo Specification in VS Code

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Arazzo Designer - VS Code Extension

Overview

A complete development environment for the Arazzo Specification in Visual Studio Code. Design, develop, and test API workflow orchestrations with enterprise-grade tooling.

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✨ Key Features

🚀 Language Server Protocol (LSP)

High-performance Go-based language server providing:

• Go to Definition: Ctrl/Cmd+Click on operationId to jump to OpenAPI operations
• Hover Information: View operation details (method, path, summary, description)
• Code Lens Actions: In-editor buttons to visualize workflows or open designer
• Cross-file Navigation: Automatic indexing of OpenAPI files from sourceDescriptions
• Real-time Validation: Instant error checking as you type
• Smart Completions: Context-aware autocomplete for all Arazzo fields

📊 Workflow Visualization

• Interactive Mermaid diagrams showing step dependencies
• Visual workflow designer with form-based editing
• Real-time updates synchronized with source code

🎨 Developer Experience

• Syntax highlighting for Arazzo-specific keywords
• Runtime expression support ($statusCode, $request, $response, etc.)
• YAML and JSON format support
• Custom file icons for .arazzo.* files
• Cross-platform: macOS, Linux, Windows

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The initial PR has been merged, and we are getting ready to publish the initial version of this extension to the marketplace.

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