A VS Code extension that automatically switches Power Platform CLI (pac) profiles when you switch between projects. Each project maintains its own pinned PAC environment profile.

The pac CLI remembers the last selected auth profile globally. When jumping between different projects/repos, it's easy to accidentally run commands against the wrong environment. This extension fixes that by:

• Automatically applying the correct profile when you open a project
• Maintaining each project's profile setting independently
• Switching profiles automatically as you switch between project windows

• 🔄 Auto-switch on project open - Automatically applies the pinned profile when opening a project
• 📌 Per-project profiles - Each project maintains its own profile in workspace settings
• 📊 Status bar indicator - Shows current active profile with checkmark (✓) if it matches the pinned one
• 🎯 Smart profile matching - Finds profiles by name even after re-authentication (when indices change)
• 📝 .pacenv file support - Alternative to workspace settings for profile configuration

code --install-extension Forceworks.pac-environment-1.0.0.vsix

git clone https://github.com/forceworks/pacenv.git
cd pacenv
npm install
npm run compile

1. Pin a profile to your project:

   • Click the PAC status in the bottom-right status bar
   • Select the profile you want for this project
   • Choose "Apply Now" or "Apply Later"

2. Auto-switching:

   • When you open this project later, it will automatically apply the pinned profile
   • When you switch between project windows, each project's profile is applied automatically

3. Manual commands:

   • PAC Env: Select & Pin Profile (Workspace) - Choose and pin a profile
   • PAC Env: Apply Pinned Profile Now - Manually apply the pinned profile
   • PAC Env: Refresh Status - Refresh the status bar display

• pacEnv.profileName - The pinned profile name for this workspace
• pacEnv.autoApplyOnOpen - Auto-apply on workspace open (default: true)
• pacEnv.readFromDotfile - Read from .pacenv file if settings empty (default: true)

Create a .pacenv file in your project root containing just the profile name:

DEV - MyEnvironment

1. Profile Storage: The extension stores the environment NAME (e.g., "DEV - Solgari RS"), not the index
2. Index Lookup: When applying a profile, it runs pac auth list to find the current index for that name
3. Resilient to Re-auth: Even if you clear auth and re-authenticate (changing all indices), the extension will still find the correct profile by name
4. Smart Matching: Uses exact match first, then case-insensitive, then partial matching as fallback

• Power Platform CLI must be installed and on PATH
• At least one authenticated profile (pac auth create)

Source code: https://github.com/forceworks/pacenv

MIT

Forceworks