Inline Annotations

Toggle inline annotations to see which snapshot last touched each line of the active file — the editor equivalent of avc annotate.

How to enable it

Run Ctrl+Shift+P → AVC: Toggle Line Annotations. Running the command again turns annotations off.

Annotations appear as faint inline text at the end of a line, showing the snapshot that introduced that block of code and how long ago. They refresh automatically when you switch editors or save the file.

Grouped by block, not per line

To stay readable, AVC annotates once per contiguous block of lines that share the same originating snapshot — like git blame — rather than repeating the annotation on every line. Blank lines are never annotated. A run of ten lines all introduced by the same snapshot shows a single annotation at the top of the block, not ten.

Agent vs. human

Each annotation is colour-coded and labelled by who authored the change:

Agent — lines introduced by an AI agent (e.g. claude, cursor) are tinted and labelled with the agent’s name.
You — lines you wrote yourself are shown in the muted default colour and labelled you. This includes the extension’s automatic save-snapshots, since those capture your own edits.

Hover any annotation to see the full snapshot label, the exact author and time, and the snapshot ID.