From 8d0b8895dcd61db64c3f2484516aab28182f9b92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: XShine555 <xshine555@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:21:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add ide.host.json for VS parameter labels

---
 .template.config/ide.host.json | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 CLAUDE.md                      |  6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .template.config/ide.host.json

diff --git a/.template.config/ide.host.json b/.template.config/ide.host.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0632fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.template.config/ide.host.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/ide.host",
+  "symbolInfo": [
+    {
+      "id": "PluginAuthor",
+      "name": { "text": "Plugin Author" },
+      "isVisible": "true"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "skipRestore",
+      "name": { "text": "Skip Restore" },
+      "isVisible": "true"
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "SkipGit",
+      "name": { "text": "Skip Git" },
+      "isVisible": "true"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 336b9d2..831a369 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ Consequences:
   its own) and a "display manual instructions" action (id `AC1156F7-...`) that prints
   a reminder to run `git init` — see "Git on generation" below for why it's just a
   printed reminder and not an executed command.
+- `.template.config/ide.host.json` — Visual Studio-only UI hints for the New Project
+  wizard. It does **not** rename any symbol (the CLI flags stay `PluginAuthor`/
+  `skipRestore`/`SkipGit` — a flag can't contain a space); it only maps each symbol's
+  `id` to a human-readable `name.text` label (e.g. `SkipGit` → "Skip Git") shown in
+  VS's UI, via `isVisible: "true"` per entry (VS hides a symbol from that UI unless
+  explicitly marked visible here). Ignored entirely by `dotnet new` on the CLI.
 - The `.csproj` at the repo root — the project file every generated plugin ships with.
 - `EntryPoint.cs` / `Config.cs` — the scaffolded plugin (`Plugin<Config>`) and its
   YAML-backed settings class.