Error & Success Reactor 🔊

The ultimate VS Code extension that reacts to your code with sound — screams when things go wrong, celebrates when they go right. Terminal failures, red squiggles, broken saves, failed builds, crashed debuggers — nothing escapes the scream. Successful commands get a victory sound. Fully customizable with per-sound settings, funny toasts, escalation mode, waveform viewer, DND schedule, and more.

✨ Features at a Glance

⚡ 5 Trigger Sources — terminal failures, diagnostic errors, save-with-errors, task failures, debug session crashes
🔊 Instant Playback — sound-play npm for ~50ms latency (no shell spawn)
🎵 Sound Library — import .mp3 files, per-sound volume/speed/pitch/reverse
🎲 Random Sound Mode — separate random toggles for error and success sounds
🎉 Success Sounds — plays a different sound when commands succeed (exit code 0)
😱 Funny Toasts — 15 randomized hilarious roast messages on every scream
🔥 Escalation Mode — sound gets louder and faster as your error streak grows
🌙 Do Not Disturb — schedule quiet hours (handles overnight windows)
📊 Stats & Counters — daily error count, current streak, lifetime scream counter
🎨 Settings Webview — a full GUI panel to manage everything visually
📈 Waveform Viewer — visualize any sound file with Web Audio API
🔇 Quick Mute — suppress sounds without losing streak/stat tracking
🛡️ Guards — cooldown, ignored exit codes, error pattern detection

💻 Platform Support

Platform	Audio Engine	Status
Windows	`sound-play` (fast) → PowerShell MediaPlayer (fallback)	✅ Fully supported
macOS	`sound-play` (fast) → `afplay` (fallback)	✅ Fully supported
Linux	`sound-play` (fast) → `ffplay` / `paplay` / `aplay` (fallback)	✅ Fully supported

Advanced audio processing (speed, pitch, reverse) requires ffmpeg on all platforms.

📦 Installation

From VSIX

Download error-screamer-2.3.0.vsix
In VS Code: Ctrl+Shift+P → Extensions: Install from VSIX...
Select the file → reload VS Code
Turn your speakers on and write bad code 😈

From Source

git clone https://github.com/DhakadG/ErrorScreamer.git
cd error-screamer
npm install
# Press F5 in VS Code to launch Extension Development Host

📖 User Manual

⚡ Trigger 1: Terminal Failure (always on)

The core trigger. Every time a terminal command exits with a non-zero code, it screams.

Example:

Open the integrated terminal
Run ls nonexistent or exit 1
🔊 SCREAM!

Also supports error pattern detection — scan terminal output for keywords like Error:, Traceback, etc. even when exit code is 0. Enable via errorScreamer.errorPatternDetectionEnabled.

🔴 Trigger 2: Diagnostic Errors (live, while typing)

Watches your code in real-time. The moment a new Error-severity diagnostic (red squiggle) appears, it screams. Uses a 150ms debounce to avoid spam while typing, and resets its baseline when you switch files.

Example:

Open any .js, .ts, .py file
Type something broken like const = ;
The moment VS Code shows the red squiggle → 🔊 SCREAM!

Only screams when errors increase. Fixing errors does not trigger it.

To turn off: Set errorScreamer.playOnDiagnostics to false.

💾 Trigger 3: Save & Scream

Every time you press Ctrl+S, it checks if the saved file still has Error-severity diagnostics. If it does — scream.

Example:

Have a file open with red squiggles
Press Ctrl+S
🔊 Caught!

To turn off: Set errorScreamer.playOnSave to false.

🛑 Trigger 4: Task Failure

When a VS Code Task (build scripts, test suites, etc.) exits with a non-zero code, it screams.

How to trigger:

Ctrl+Shift+B (Run Build Task) or Terminal → Run Task
If the task fails → 🔊 SCREAM!

To turn off: Set errorScreamer.playOnTaskFailure to false.

🐛 Trigger 5: Debug Session Crash

When a debug session terminates (crash, exception, stopped), it screams.

How to test:

Create test.py with 1/0
Press F5 to debug
Python crashes with ZeroDivisionError → 🔊 SCREAM!

To turn off: Set errorScreamer.playOnDebuggerCrash to false.

😱 Funny Toast Messages

When showErrorToast and funnyToasts are both enabled, each scream shows a random hilarious roast:


😱 AAAHHHHHH! You broke it again!	💀 RIP your code. Rest in errors.
🚨 ERROR DETECTED. INITIATING SCREAM PROTOCOL.	🤦 Have you tried turning your brain off and on again?
🔥 Your code just burst into flames!	🫠 The code is melting... MELTING!
📢 ATTENTION: Your code has committed a crime!	😂 It's not a bug, it's a ✨ feature ✨
🧨 KABOOM! Another error explosion!	☠️ Your code just ragequit.

...and more! (15 total)

🔥 Escalation Mode

The more you mess up, the louder and faster it gets.

Enable errorScreamer.escalationEnabled
Set a threshold (default: 3 consecutive errors)
Each tier above threshold adds volume boost + speed boost
Status bar shows $(flame) Escalation tier N!

🌙 Do Not Disturb

Don't want screams during a late-night meeting?

Enable errorScreamer.doNotDisturbEnabled
Set start/end times (e.g. 23:00 → 08:00)
Sounds are silently suppressed during those hours
Handles overnight windows correctly

🔇 Quick Enable / Disable

Ctrl+Shift+P → Error & Success Reactor: Toggle On/Off — master switch
Ctrl+Shift+P → Error & Success Reactor: Quick Mute — mutes sounds, but streak/stats still track

🎵 Custom Sounds

Ctrl+Shift+P → Error & Success Reactor: Import Sound File — opens a file picker for .mp3 and asks which category (Error or Success)
Or drop any .mp3 into sounds/errors/ or sounds/success/ — it appears automatically
Use Error & Success Reactor: Select Error Sound to set the active error sound
Each sound has its own Volume / Speed / Pitch / Reverse / Label — all configurable in the Settings panel

Folder structure:

sounds/
  errors/        ← error sounds (.mp3)
    aahh.mp3
    fahhhh.mp3
    ...
  success/       ← success sounds (.mp3)
    mission-passed.mp3
    ...

🎶 Audio Library — 67 Sounds Total

Error Sounds (52 total)

v2.3.0 Additions:

ultrakill-explosion — epic explosion effect
ankle-breakage — bone-crunching sound
core-sound-effect — sci-fi core blast
critical-hit-sounds-effect — gaming critical hit
weird-smoosh-effect — abstract error squelch
makabhosda-aag — Indian comedy meme

Complete Error Sound Library: Includes everything from meme classics (vine-boom, "daddyy chill", "why are you running") to emergency alerts (ambulance siren, undertaker's bell), comedy sounds (crickets chirping, cartoon elements), and new v2.3.0 effects for extra chaos.

Success Sounds (15 total)

v2.3.0 Additions:

cartel-song — iconic cartel victory theme
fast-and-furious-tokyo-drift — drift mode celebration
tu-tu-tu-du-max-verstappen — F1 victory anthem
white-tee-rizz — confidence boost vibes

Complete Success Sound Library: From mission-passed classics to crowd cheers, phonk vibes, and anime celebrations — every code victory deserves recognition.

📊 Stats & Counters

Status bar (bottom-right) — shows current streak, mute state, escalation tier
Daily stats — error count per day (last 7 days in the Settings panel)
Lifetime scream counter — persistent across sessions, shown in Settings panel stats
Click the status bar item to view today's stats
Ctrl+Shift+P → Reset Lifetime Scream Counter to start fresh

⚙️ All Settings Reference

Open VS Code Settings (Ctrl+,) and search errorScreamer:

General

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`enabled`	boolean	`true`	Master switch
`muted`	boolean	`false`	Quick mute (stats still track)
`activeSound`	string	`"aahh"`	Sound ID for errors (from `sounds/errors/`)
`successSound`	string	`"mission-passed"`	Sound ID for success (from `sounds/success/`, empty = disabled)
`successCooldownSeconds`	number	`5`	Seconds between success sounds
`randomErrorSound`	boolean	`false`	Random sound per error
`randomSuccessSound`	boolean	`false`	Random sound per success
`cooldownSeconds`	number	`3`	Seconds between error sounds
`showErrorToast`	boolean	`false`	Show notification after each sound
`funnyToasts`	boolean	`true`	Use funny randomized messages in toasts

Triggers

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`playOnDiagnostics`	boolean	`true`	Scream on new diagnostic errors
`playOnSave`	boolean	`true`	Scream on save-with-errors
`playOnTaskFailure`	boolean	`true`	Scream on task exit ≠ 0
`playOnDebuggerCrash`	boolean	`true`	Scream on debug session end
`diagnosticDebounceMs`	number	`150`	Debounce for diagnostics (ms)

Detection

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`errorPatternDetectionEnabled`	boolean	`false`	Scan terminal output for keywords
`errorPatterns`	array	`["error:", "Error:", ...]`	Keywords to match
`ignoredExitCodes`	array	`[]`	Exit codes to skip

Escalation

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`escalationEnabled`	boolean	`false`	Auto-boost on streak
`escalationThreshold`	number	`3`	Streak before escalation starts
`escalationVolumeBoost`	number	`0.2`	Volume added per tier
`escalationSpeedBoost`	number	`0.3`	Speed added per tier

Do Not Disturb

Setting	Type	Default	Description
`doNotDisturbEnabled`	boolean	`false`	Enable DND schedule
`doNotDisturbStart`	string	`"23:00"`	Start time (24h)
`doNotDisturbEnd`	string	`"08:00"`	End time (24h)

Per-Sound (stored in global state)

Each sound has: Volume (0–1), Speed (0.5–4×), Pitch (0.5–2×), Reverse, Enabled, Custom Label.

🛠️ All Commands Reference

Press Ctrl+Shift+P and type Error & Success Reactor:

Command	What it does
Toggle On/Off	Master enable/disable
Quick Mute	Mute sounds (stats still track)
Select Error Sound	Pick from sound library
Test Current Sound	Play the current error sound
Adjust Current Sound Settings	Volume / Speed / Pitch dialog
Toggle Random Error Sound	Random error sound per error
Toggle Random Success Sound	Random success sound per success
Toggle Reverse Playback	Reverse the active sound
Enable/Disable Current Sound	Toggle sound in library
Edit Label for Current Sound	Custom display name
Import Sound File	Import `.mp3` from disk
Open Waveform Viewer	Visualize waveform
View Today's Error Stats	Show today's count
Reset Lifetime Scream Counter	Reset to 0
Open Settings	Full settings webview panel

🔧 How It Works

Error & Success Reactor hooks into five VS Code native APIs simultaneously:

#	API	Trigger
1	`vscode.window.onDidEndTerminalShellExecution`	Terminal command finishes (exit code + pattern matching)
2	`vscode.languages.onDidChangeDiagnostics`	Red squiggles increase while typing (150ms debounce + delta check)
3	`vscode.workspace.onDidSaveTextDocument`	File saved with errors
4	`vscode.tasks.onDidEndTaskProcess`	VS Code task exits non-zero
5	`vscode.debug.onDidTerminateDebugSession`	Debug session terminates

All triggers route through a shared guard chain: enabled → muted → DND → cooldown → play → toast → escalation → stats.

Playback pipeline:

Fast path — sound-play npm (~50ms, no shell spawn) for normal playback
Slow path — platform-specific shell commands with ffmpeg for speed/pitch/reverse

🧪 Testing

npm test          # 130 unit tests
npm run lint      # ESLint

Tests cover: pattern matching, audio filter chains, platform command builders, atempo decomposition, toast pool validation, category-aware sound discovery, and more.

📦 Packaging

npm install -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package --out builds/

VSIX Size Breakdown (5.7 MB):

The extension ships with a comprehensive audio library to ensure out-of-the-box entertainment:

Component	Size	Purpose
Error Sounds (52 files)	~4.2 MB	Diverse error reactions: memes, effects, alarms, comedy
Success Sounds (15 files)	~1.1 MB	Victory celebrations: anime, music, crowd cheers
Core Code + Dependencies	~0.3 MB	`sound-play` npm + extension logic
Metadata & Assets	~0.1 MB	Icons, badges, config files

Why so many sounds? No two debugging sessions are alike. Our curated library balances hilarity with audio variety — from trending memes to epic sound effects — so users never get tired of the scream. Each sound is MP3-compressed for delivery efficiency while maintaining quality for immediate playback.

📜 License

PRs, issues, and feature requests welcome!

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launch-vscode-error-screamer.ps1		launch-vscode-error-screamer.ps1
launch-vscode-error-screamer.sh		launch-vscode-error-screamer.sh
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Error & Success Reactor 🔊

✨ Features at a Glance

💻 Platform Support

📦 Installation

From VSIX

From Source

📖 User Manual

⚡ Trigger 1: Terminal Failure (always on)

🔴 Trigger 2: Diagnostic Errors (live, while typing)

💾 Trigger 3: Save & Scream

🛑 Trigger 4: Task Failure

🐛 Trigger 5: Debug Session Crash

😱 Funny Toast Messages

🔥 Escalation Mode

🌙 Do Not Disturb

🔇 Quick Enable / Disable

🎵 Custom Sounds

🎶 Audio Library — 67 Sounds Total

Error Sounds (52 total)

Success Sounds (15 total)

📊 Stats & Counters

⚙️ All Settings Reference

General

Triggers

Detection

Escalation

Do Not Disturb

Per-Sound (stored in global state)

🛠️ All Commands Reference

🔧 How It Works

🧪 Testing

📦 Packaging

📜 License

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