rally

VS Code integration for Rally releases, projects, features, user stories, tasks, and discussions through Command Palette actions and @rally chat workflows.

v1.0.0

VS Code

By Peter Corazao ([email protected])

VS Code Rally Workflow

What It Does

Rally for VS Code keeps Rally project work inside the editor.

Use Command Palette actions to configure Rally access, choose a default release, and pick project or feature context. Then use @rally in VS Code chat for release, project, feature, story, task, and discussion workflows.

Read the source README section

Agent Reference

Use the agent asset as the source of truth for runtime behavior.

Canonical workflow reference for Rally scope, tool boundaries, setup failures, constraints, and example prompts.

Open Rally Agent

Setup Flow

Create or retrieve a Rally API key from Rally Access.

Rally menu showing access to Rally Web Services API Documentation — Open Rally Web Services API Documentation from the Rally help menu.

Rally WSAPI documentation Access menu with API Keys highlighted — Use the Access menu to open API Keys.

Rally Create API Key dialog showing display name and access grant options — Create a named Rally API key for the VS Code integration.

Run Rally: Set API Key in the VS Code Command Palette.

VS Code Command Palette showing Rally commands with Set API Key highlighted — Start in VS Code by running Rally: Set API Key from the Command Palette.

Run Rally: Test Connection to confirm the API key works.

VS Code Command Palette showing Rally Test Connection highlighted — Run Rally: Test Connection to confirm the configured API key can reach Rally.

Run Rally: Set Default Release so current-release prompts have an explicit scope.

VS Code Command Palette showing Rally Set Default Release highlighted — Run Rally: Set Default Release so current-release prompts have an explicit scope.

Use Rally: Pick Project and Rally: Pick Feature when you need focused project or feature context.

VS Code chat showing @rally project results — Use @rally in VS Code chat to list releases, projects, features, stories, and tasks.

Use @rally in VS Code chat for conversational release, project, feature, story, task, and discussion workflows.

Awesome LLM Rally agent asset page in the site — Reference the Rally agent asset for canonical workflow behavior and guardrails.

Commands And Chat

`Rally: Set API Key`

Stores the Rally API key used by the VS Code workflow.

`Rally: Test Connection`

Verifies that the configured Rally API key can reach Rally.

`Rally: Set Default Release`

Defines the release used when prompts refer to the current release.

`Rally: Pick Project`

Selects a Rally project for scoped chat and command workflows.

`Rally: Pick Feature`

Selects a feature for story, task, and discussion workflows.

`@rally`

Chat participant for conversational Rally work in VS Code.

Example Prompts

@rally help

@rally List my Rally projects

@rally What projects do I have in the current release?

@rally List projects for 2026_PI2

@rally List Rally releases

@rally Show releases matching "PI2"

@rally List portfolio items

@rally Look at F12345

@rally Look at US12345

@rally Look at TA12345

@rally List features in project "Platform Solutions" in release 2026_PI2

@rally Show feature F12345 for project "Platform Solutions" in release 2026_PI2

@rally List child stories for feature F12345 in project "Platform Solutions" in release 2026_PI2

@rally List tasks for user story US12345

@rally Show F12345 comments

@rally Show US12345 thread

@rally Show TA12345 discussions

@rally Let's complete this task

@rally Update description: Added the healthcheck endpoint and close this task

@rally Add note: Waiting on QA validation

@rally Add discussion: Waiting on product signoff

@rally Show portfolio items named "Core Platform"

@rally Create user story for F1418637

@rally Update US10154570 description with "..."

@rally Delete US10154570