Generate polished Markdown or HTML documents from a prompt — using whatever AI you already have, with an always-on offline fallback so it never hard-fails.

What it does

Run DocForge: New Document from Prompt, describe what you want, pick a format and a generator, and DocForge opens a live, themed, sanitized preview you can Insert into the editor or Save to disk.

DocForge resolves the best available generator in a transparent priority ladder, and always tells you which one ran:

VS Code Language Model API — the sanctioned, vendor-neutral way to use Copilot and other LM providers.
Compatible AI extension — best-effort, only via a documented generateDocument API.
Bring-your-own-key — Anthropic or OpenAI, with the key stored in VS Code SecretStorage.
Built-in templates — deterministic, fully offline, always available.

If no AI is available — or the workspace is untrusted, or you are offline — DocForge still produces a clean document from its built-in templates.

Features

Prompt-to-document for Markdown and sanitized, themed HTML
Live preview webview with a strict Content Security Policy
Generator picker (Auto / a specific model / Built-in templates)
Provenance line, so you never wonder which generator produced the output
Insert-into-editor, Copy, and Save-as actions
Cancellable generation; cancelling aborts the provider request
Diff before overwrite when saving over an existing file
Actionable errors: which provider failed, why, and what to do next
Token, cost and duration reporting, always labelled when estimated
Respects Workspace Trust: untrusted workspaces use the offline generator only
No telemetry; AI and network calls are opt-in and disclosed

Commands

Command	Description
`DocForge: New Document from Prompt`	The main flow (default keybinding `Ctrl`/`Cmd`+`Alt`+`D`)
`DocForge: Set API Key`	Store a bring-your-own key in SecretStorage
`DocForge: Clear API Key`	Remove the stored key
`DocForge: Improve Selected Text`	Transform a selection, with diff review (`Ctrl`/`Cmd`+`Alt`+`I`)
`DocForge: Regenerate Section`	Rewrite one section, preserving its neighbours exactly
`DocForge: Run Diagnostics`	Show generator availability and the last generation’s attempt trail

Settings

Generation

docforge.defaultFormat — md or html
docforge.tone, docforge.length

Providers

docforge.enableAi — turn off to force the offline template generator
docforge.provider, docforge.model — for the bring-your-own-key generator
docforge.requestTimeoutMs — abort a BYO-key request after this long

Reporting

docforge.pricing — override the indicative price table used for cost estimates

Cost figures are always estimates, never a bill.

Privacy and security

Local-first by default. The template generator is fully offline.

AI generators are opt-in; keys live in SecretStorage and are never written to settings. All model HTML is sanitized against an allowlist before it is shown or saved, and every webview uses a strict Content Security Policy.

See the full privacy policy for details.