diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts b/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts
index fb000ea1c0..3147614274 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/fragmentcommands.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,12 @@ import { ExtensionState } from "./state"
 import { checkDirectoryExists, checkFileExists } from "./fs"
 import { registerCommand } from "./commands"
 import { templateGroup } from "../../core/src/ast"
-import {
-    GENAI_ANY_REGEX,
-    TOOL_ID,
-    TOOL_NAME,
-    VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PATH,
-    VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_VERSION,
-} from "../../core/src/constants"
+import { GENAI_ANY_REGEX, TOOL_ID, TOOL_NAME } from "../../core/src/constants"
 import { NotSupportedError } from "../../core/src/error"
 import { promptParameterTypeToJSONSchema } from "../../core/src/parameters"
 import { Fragment } from "../../core/src/generation"
 import { assert, dotGenaiscriptPath, groupBy } from "../../core/src/util"
-import { CORE_VERSION } from "../../core/src/version"
-import { semverParse, semverSatisfies } from "../../core/src/semver"
+import { resolveCli } from "./config"
 
 type TemplateQuickPickItem = {
     template?: PromptScript
@@ -188,8 +181,7 @@ export function activateFragmentCommands(state: ExtensionState) {
             files = [file]
         }
 
-        const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(TOOL_ID)
-        const program = config.get(VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PATH) as string
+        const { cliPath, cliVersion } = await resolveCli()
         const args = [
             "run",
             vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(template.filename),
@@ -197,19 +189,10 @@ export function activateFragmentCommands(state: ExtensionState) {
                 vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(file.fsPath)
             ),
         ]
-        const cliVersion =
-            (config.get(VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_VERSION) as string) || CORE_VERSION
-        const gv = semverParse(CORE_VERSION)
-        if (!semverSatisfies(cliVersion, ">=" + gv.major + "." + gv.minor))
-            vscode.window.showWarningMessage(
-                TOOL_ID +
-                    ` - genaiscript cli version (${cliVersion}) outdated, please update to ${CORE_VERSION}`
-            )
-
-        const configuration = program
+        const configuration = cliPath
             ? <vscode.DebugConfiguration>{
                   name: TOOL_NAME,
-                  program,
+                  cliPath,
                   request: "launch",
                   skipFiles: ["<node_internals>/**", dotGenaiscriptPath("**")],
                   type: "node",
diff --git a/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts b/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts
index ee5a27898b..356fd9c1a8 100644
--- a/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts
+++ b/packages/vscode/src/servermanager.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import {
     OPEN,
     TOOL_NAME,
     ICON_LOGO_NAME,
-    CLIENT_RECONNECT_MAX_ATTEMPTS,
     TOOL_ID,
-    VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_VERSION,
-    VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PATH,
 } from "../../core/src/constants"
 import { ServerManager, host } from "../../core/src/host"
 import { logError, logVerbose } from "../../core/src/util"
@@ -17,6 +14,7 @@ import { WebSocketClient } from "../../core/src/server/client"
 import { CORE_VERSION } from "../../core/src/version"
 import { createChatModelRunner } from "./lmaccess"
 import { semverParse, semverSatisfies } from "../../core/src/semver"
+import { resolveCli } from "./config"
 
 export class TerminalServerManager implements ServerManager {
     private _terminal: vscode.Terminal
@@ -86,15 +84,9 @@ export class TerminalServerManager implements ServerManager {
             isTransient: true,
             iconPath: new vscode.ThemeIcon(ICON_LOGO_NAME),
         })
-        const config = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(TOOL_ID)
-        const cliPath = config.get(VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_PATH) as string
+        const { cliPath, cliVersion } = await resolveCli()
         if (cliPath) this._terminal.sendText(`node "${cliPath}" serve`)
-        else {
-            const cliVersion =
-                (config.get(VSCODE_CONFIG_CLI_VERSION) as string) ||
-                CORE_VERSION
-            this._terminal.sendText(`npx --yes ${TOOL_ID}@${cliVersion} serve`)
-        }
+        else this._terminal.sendText(`npx --yes ${TOOL_ID}@${cliVersion} serve`)
         this._terminal.show()
     }