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title: "VS Code extension localization - Air Market"
description: "If you want your VS Code extension usable by people who do not read English, the text in it has to be handled a particular way. This covers how to do that properly. Reach for it when you are adding t…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/vscode-ext-localization"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / VS Code extension localization

Skill by [GitHub](/@github)

# VS Code extension localization

Make your VS Code extension speak more than one language

## What this does

If you want your VS Code extension usable by people who do not read English, the text in it has to be handled a particular way. This covers how to do that properly. Reach for it when you are adding translations or want to confirm you have set them up the way the platform recommends.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Set up translation for an extension
- Check localization is done the recommended way

## Information

**VS Code extension localization at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [GitHub](/@github) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 1 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [github/awesome-copilot](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/90921cc46f4e452ea379e70884d60ec25263f16a/skills/vscode-ext-localization) |
| GitHub stars | 38,187 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 8,887, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of VS Code extension localization and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What VS Code extension localization's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | 90921cc46f4e452ea379e70884d60ec25263f16a |
| Content hash | 7efe8e9e1776ec7d0f542d06603c9d149e10eb84731f98bcee4619294ce8870c |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/90921cc46f4e452ea379e70884d60ec25263f16a/skills/vscode-ext-localization/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for VS Code extension localization](/security/vscode-ext-localization)

## About VS Code extension localization

Guidelines for localizing VS Code extensions properly, following the VS Code extension development guidelines, libraries and good practices.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions

## Questions

### Is VS Code extension localization safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of VS Code extension localization and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 90921cc46f4e, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/vscode-ext-localization.

### How do I install VS Code extension localization?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/vscode-ext-localization on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/90921cc46f4e452ea379e70884d60ec25263f16a/skills/vscode-ext-localization. Install from that link, not the branch.

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