Requirements

• Functional Positron extension for publishing content in .py files
• Ships as .vsix file for installation
• Support all Python application types (flask, fastapi, dash, streamlit, bokeh, py-shiny)
• Publishing button in Python source files and entry in command palette
• Publishing UI shows in VSCode view
• Errors such as agent launch problems are shown to the user
• Agent lifecycle management - shut down agent when UI is closed, and conversely, handle agent exit in UI.
• Switch from saved metadata to config file strategy

Out of scope

• R content, Quarto, notebooks
• Deferred agent initialization for faster UI launch
• Installation via extension marketplace