Sidebar Overview

Click the camera icon in the activity bar to open the AVC panel. Everything you need is one or two clicks away.

Anatomy

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ AVC SNAPSHOTS                  [+ ↻ ⌕ ⇄ ⏱]  │  ← header buttons
├──────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▼ Today (3)                                  │
│   ▶ Auto-snapshot     4/19/2026 12:09 AM    │  ← collapsed snapshot
│   ▶ Manual baseline   4/19/2026 12:08 AM    │
│ ▶ Yesterday (1)                              │
│ ▶ This Week (5)                              │
│ ▶ Older (12)                                 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
AVC: 21 snapshots  ◊ main  +0 ~2 -0

Header buttons

Button	Command	What it does
+	`avc.saveSnapshot`	Prompts for label and notes, creates a snapshot
↻	`avc.refreshSnapshots`	Reload the snapshot list and SCM stats
⌕	`avc.filterSnapshots`	Multi-step filter by Agent / Type / Branch
⇄	`avc.compareTwoSnapshots`	Pick any two snapshots to diff
⏱	`avc.showTimeline`	Open the visual timeline webview
⊕	`avc.createBranch`	Create a new branch from current snapshot
⨉	`avc.mergeBranch`	Merge a branch into main with preview

Date grouping

Snapshots automatically bucket into Today / Yesterday / This Week / This Month / Older. Groups start collapsed; click any header to expand. The number next to each group is its snapshot count.

Status bar (bottom-left)

Item	Click action
`AVC: N snapshots`	Refresh the list
`◊ <branch>`	QuickPick to switch branches
`+A ~M -D`	Open diff vs the latest snapshot (only shown when there are changes)