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Trouble while Maintaining Databricks Genie Agents (VS code extension available?)

DB1To3
Contributor II

Is there an update to the databricks extension for VS code that will allow me to work with "genie agents" (aka spaces)?

I'm having a really hard time with the editing of these agents in the Azure workspace environment.  There are lots of things missing, like copy/paste from one agent to another.  Developers will often need to fork off of one piece of software to play with tentative changes, and then re-introduce their changes to the original copy at a later time (if everything worked as expected).  But simple copy/paste operations are not available in here.  Nor is there any text-based representation of "sources" or "examples" (FKs) that can be edited.  Even if the UX provided a back-door way to edit json or xml would be fine.

If there is some sort of preview channel for the VS code extension, please let me know!

More ranting:  After just a few attempts to edit agents, it triggered a new kind of migraine so I'll be heading home for the day.  Consider the following list of "sources" (image), notice that the tables were added over time and they aren't listed alphabetically.  There appears to be no way in this portal to re-sequence them after the fact.  

Screenshot 2026-10-07 183939.png

 

It would be nice if I can escape the browser, and do some of this in VS code.

 

 

 

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peter89jean
Visitor

Maintaining Databricks Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) entirely through the browser portal can be frustrating, especially given the lack of robust text-based configuration files, straightforward mass-editing features (like bulk copy/pasting sources), or native table sorting within the workspace UI.

Currently, Databricks handles Genie space/agent metadata primarily through its managed workspace interface rather than exposing direct configuration files inside the VS Code extension. However, you can streamline your workflow and mitigate these maintenance bottlenecks by leveraging programmatic alternatives or utilizing Genie Code workflows.