[FEATURE] Inline in-cell editing for notebooks (Ctrl+I equivalent) in the VSCode extension

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Jun 25, 2026 by quant-coder2025 Closed Jun 29, 2026

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Problem Statement

Problem: In Jupyter notebooks, Copilot's Ctrl+I opens an inline prompt inside the cell — type an instruction, it edits that cell in place. Claude Code can edit cells (via NotebookEdit) but only through the side panel, which is heavier for quick single-cell tweaks.

Proposed Solution

Request: A keybinding in the VSCode extension that opens an inline prompt anchored to the current notebook cell (or selection), edits it in place as an accept/reject diff, and uses neighboring cells + Jupyter kernel variables as context.

Alternatives: Select + ask in the panel (works, but heavier); Copilot's Ctrl+I (not Claude); Cline's per-cell buttons bound to a shortcut (different extension).

This closes a real gap for notebook-heavy / data-science workflows where iteration is cell-by-cell.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

Medium - Would be very helpful

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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