The recent update released for ESP-IDF VSCode extension (version 1.11) has added access to the sample_project template.

When creating a new project, use the "New Project Wizard" command, set the details of your project and use the "Choose Template" button. On the left pane you will find the "ESP ...

Hi, thank you for reaching out to us.

We are working towards migrating all installation methods to the ESP-IDF Installation Manager (EIM). The timeline where each installation method will be discontinued is not defined, but we are encouraging our users to migrate to this method.
The main challenges ...

Hi @MrNando thank you for bringing that to our attention.
Indeed the sample_project was moved from the examples to the templates folder in IDF v5.4. Unfortunately right now that folder is not exposed by VSCode ESP-IDF extension. I am logging this internally to have it addressed in a future release ...

Hi Paul,

Thank you for posting a question to the forum.
We are currently migrating the documentation for the upcoming release of the ESP-IDF VSCode extension, and we apologize for the temporary broken links.

The new location for the extension documentation is: https://docs.espressif.com/projects ...