Troubleshooting

Common issues you might encounter and how to resolve them.

"No active session found"

This error occurs if you try to run a command that requires authentication but haven't logged in yet.

side login

"No supported IDEs automatically detected"

Sidelith looks for Cursor, VS Code, and Claude Desktop in their default installation paths. If you installed them in a custom location, you may need to configure the path manually or reinstall to the default location.

/Applications/Cursor.app

"[config] is invalid JSON"

This usually means your `settings.json` file has a syntax error (like a missing comma). Sidelith tries to patch it safely, but if the file is already corrupt, it will abort to avoid data loss.