# Why not a plugin?

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-not-a-plugin/2448>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-not-a-plugin/2448 "2024-01-17T14:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![truell20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/truell20/32/28583_2.png) [@truell20](https://forum.cursor.com/u/truell20)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/why-not-a-plugin/2448/3 "2024-01-18T05:51:17Z")

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VSCode extensions have very limited control over the UI of the editor 😕

Our Command-K and Copilot++ features aren’t possible as extensions. Same for much of what we want to build in the future!

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