Execution based extension recommendations

[radeksimko]

There is a number of extensions which seem to be recommended based on an installed application. This is typically also indicated on the extension page too with the following message:

This extension is recommended because you have XYZ installed.

The examples I was able to find involve Docker and Kubernetes, but I was unable to find any documentation or details on where do these recommendations come from.

TL;DR Who/what controls which exact extensions come up as recommended when e.g. docker or kubectl executable is found in the appropriate location?

I was expecting to find something in the package.json of the above extensions, but nothing obvious came up, which leads me to believe these recommendations are managed somewhere behind the scenes by Microsoft staff?

All I can find is that it was originally introduced as part of microsoft/vscode#101903 / microsoft/vscode@be48f1d by @sandy081

Related question - what is the process for adding such a recommendation? Specifically I'm curious about the possibility of recommending https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=HashiCorp.terraform (official HashiCorp Terraform extension) based on terraform or terraform.exe (i.e. Terraform CLI as installed via official installation channels per https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads)

[sandy081]

CC @isidorn

[isidorn]

@radeksimko we control these recommendations as part of the VS Code product. Each recommendation we review carefully before we add it.
Recommending the terraform extension when terraform execution is there sounds reasonable. Can you please send me an email to inikolic@microsoft.com and we can discuss this further. Thanks

[radeksimko]

Done, sent you an email. Thanks!

[sxkm]

Hi

[FLUXparticle]

How would I in general ask for a recommendation of my extension?