# VS Code Extension ### About Visual Code Extension AutoRABIT offers a suite of products to automate CI/CD and data and metadata backup processes for Salesforce. The [Automated Release Management (ARM)](https://www.autorabit.com/products/automated-release-management/) suite for Salesforce allows teams to configure, build, test, and manage development, environments, and deployments on their Salesforce instance. This will help Salesforce developers, admins, analysts, and release managers with out-of-the-box automation of version control. ### Purpose VS Code extension allows our developers to commit the code via a pre-validation framework thereby boosting team productivity. ### Prerequisite Before you get started working with VS Code Extension, you need to: 1. Download the [Visual Studio Code installer](https://code.visualstudio.com/download) for your platform. 2. Install the [AutoRABIT Visual Studio Code extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=autorabit-dev.autorabit) in your system. 3. Have GIT installed on your local computer. Even if it is already installed, it is probably a good idea to update to the latest version. To install GIT, click [HERE](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git). 4. Create an API token in AutoRABIT to connect to the extension. If you’re not aware of how to create an API token, refer to the documentation link: [Creating API Token](/product-guides/arm/troubleshoot/how-tos/create-api-token.md). 5. Version Control repo/branch registered within AutoRABIT. 6. Salesforce Org configured within AutoRABIT. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://knowledgebase.autorabit.com/product-guides/arm-1/integration-and-plugins/visual-code-extension.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.