Your AI writes a UI spec in plain text. This extension renders it live in VS Code. Together they turn any agent — Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot — into a live UI prototyping tool.
Genui is a two-piece product. Both must be installed:
- The extension (this repo) renders
.openuifiles in a VS Code preview pane that updates on every save. - The skill (
ginaphi/skills) teaches your AI how to write OpenUI Lang — the strict, declarative syntax the renderer expects.
The extension without the skill is a renderer with nothing to render. The skill without the extension is correct text that nobody sees. Together: your AI authors prototypes you can review live in the editor.
1. Install the extension
Search Genui in the VS Code Extensions panel, or:
ext install ginaphi.generative-ui
2. Install the skill
npx skills@latest add ginaphi/skills
Pick genui when prompted. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, and most other agents.
3. Ask your AI
/genui a settings page— or just "genui this"
The agent writes a .openui file in docs/prototype/.
4. See it rendered
Open the .openui file — the preview appears automatically. If not, click the preview icon in the editor title bar.
OpenUI Lang — the language, the renderer, the component library. Genui is the IDE integration layer on top.
MIT — see LICENSE.