Can Supabase Extension for VS Code work with Supabase Cloud?

[joewinke]

I've installed it and it wants me to run supabase start - but so far I have done everything via the cloud. Is it necessary? When I ran supabase start before it felt like it was creating another version that would 'compete' with the cloud. Do I have that right or do I need to run local to use the extension?

[thorwebdev]

Currently the extension relies on the supabase stack running locally. But we're planning to integrate it with the management API so you can log in with your Supabase account. You can follow along here: #9

[joewinke]

@thorwebdev thanks! is there any downside to me using supabase start if i'm using the cloud? will they conflict or get out of sync or anything like that?

[thorwebdev]

@joewinke you will want to use a workflow like this: https://supabase.com/docs/guides/cli/managing-environments

So once you've got the CLI installed, follow these steps:

• Init your local project: supabase init
• Link your cloud project to your local project: supabase link
• Pull down the database from your cloud project: supabase db pull
• Now your database is in sync and you can start it locally: supabase db start