Installation

Prerequisites

Visual Studio Code version 1.85 or later
An active Intellij SFCC license (trial or paid)
Access to a Salesforce Commerce Cloud sandbox

Get the extension package

The Intellij SFCC listing is not currently public on the VS Code Marketplace. Ignore old direct-listing links: they lead to a Marketplace 404 page.

Obtain the latest signed .vsix package from your organization's approved distribution. If your organization does not have the package, contact Intellij SFCC support before purchasing or installing.

Install from VSIX

Verify the package source Confirm that the `.vsix` came from your organization's approved distribution or directly from Intellij SFCC support.

Install the VSIX Open the Command Palette and run Extensions: Install from VSIX, then select the package.

Activate your license After installation, open the Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P`) and run **SFCC: Activate

License**. Enter your license key.

Verify Installation

After installation, check that everything is working:

Open the Activity Bar - you should see the Intellij SFCC icon
Open the Command Palette and type SFCC: - you should see the available commands
Open any .isml file - it should have syntax highlighting
Check the Status Bar at the bottom for the connection indicator

If the extension doesn't activate, check the Output panel (select "Intellij SFCC" from the dropdown) for error messages.

Recommended Settings

Add these to your VS Code settings.json for the best experience:

{
    "editor.quickSuggestions": {
        "strings": true
    },
    "files.associations": {
        "*.isml": "isml"
    },
    "intellijsfcc.upload.onSave": true,
    "intellijsfcc.upload.excludePatterns": ["node_modules/**", ".git/**", "test/**"]
}

Project Structure

A typical project layout recognized by the extension:

.project

dw.json

package.json

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