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"clinyong.vscode-css-modules",
"akamud.vscode-caniuse",
"visualstudioexptteam.intellicode-api-usage-examples",
"pflannery.vscode-versionlens",
"legalfina.npm-version-lens",
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🟠 Major

🧩 Analysis chain

🌐 Web query:

legalfina.npm-version-lens vscode extension marketplace

💡 Result:

The VS Code Marketplace listing for Legalfina’s “npm-version-lens” extension is:

  • Name: NPM Package Version Dropdown
  • Marketplace ID (itemName): Legalfina.npm-version-lens
  • Link: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Legalfina.npm-version-lens
  • What it does: Shows outdated npm packages in package.json with color-coded indicators and lets you pick any version from an in-editor dropdown. Requires VS Code 1.85.0+. [1]

Install in VS Code: open Quick Open (Ctrl+P) and run:
ext install Legalfina.npm-version-lens [1]

🌐 Web query:

Legalfina npm-version-lens install count downloads active maintained reviews

💡 Result:

Legalfina “npm-version-lens” (VS Code extension: NPM Package Version Dropdown)

  • Install count: 5 installs (Visual Studio Marketplace). [1]
  • Downloads: The Marketplace page shown publicly lists installs, not download totals; no separate public download count was visible from the available sources. [1]
  • Activity / maintenance signals (GitHub):
    • Public repo: Legalfina/vscode-npm-package-dropdown (open source). [2]
    • Stars / forks: 3 stars, 0 forks. [2]
    • Commits / contributors: 38 commits, 2 contributors. [2]
    • Issues / PRs: 0 issues, 0 pull requests (at time of capture). [2]
  • Reviews / ratings: Marketplace shows (1) rating/review count (the page does not expose the written review content in the captured view). [1]

Sources:
[1] Visual Studio Marketplace listing for Legalfina.npm-version-lens (NPM Package Version Dropdown)
[2] GitHub repo Legalfina/vscode-npm-package-dropdown

Don't replace Version Lens with an unproven alternative.

pflannery.vscode-versionlens (Version Lens) has hundreds of thousands of installs and is a battle-tested, mature extension. The replacement legalfina.npm-version-lens exists on the Marketplace but has only 5 installs, 3 GitHub stars, 0 forks, and 1 review—essentially an unproven alternative with minimal community validation. Before recommending this to all contributors, either demonstrate that it provides clear advantages over Version Lens or revert to the established extension.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
In @.vscode/extensions.json at line 11, The recommended extension
"legalfina.npm-version-lens" in .vscode/extensions.json is an unproven
alternative; either replace it with the established extension ID
"pflannery.vscode-versionlens" or add a comment and documentation proving why
"legalfina.npm-version-lens" is preferable; update the extensions.json entry
accordingly (swap the string "legalfina.npm-version-lens" to
"pflannery.vscode-versionlens" if reverting) or include a short justification in
the repo docs and PR description demonstrating clear advantages before keeping
the new ID.

"christian-kohler.npm-intellisense",
"esbenp.prettier-vscode",
"rangav.vscode-thunder-client",
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