diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11685a7..be5aae1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ Thumbs.db
 *.log
 target/
 node_modules/
-# npm lockfile — not tracked, mirroring the Cargo.lock policy above
-# (the only one is vscode-extension/package-lock.json)
+# JS lockfiles — not tracked, mirroring the Cargo.lock policy above
+# (all under vscode-extension/; the extension is built on a registry-reachable
+#  host with Deno/bun per the package-manager policy, lockfile regenerated there)
 package-lock.json
+bun.lock
+bun.lockb
+deno.lock
+# Built VS Code extension artefact — distributed via GitHub Release, not git
+*.vsix
 _build/
 deps/
 .elixir_ls/
diff --git a/vscode-extension/.vscodeignore b/vscode-extension/.vscodeignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c8cf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vscode-extension/.vscodeignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Build/runtime artefacts that should not ship in the .vsix.
+# (node_modules production deps ARE bundled by vsce — do not ignore them.)
+deno.lock
+bun.lock
+bun.lockb
+.gitignore
+.vscodeignore
+package-lock.json
+**/.DS_Store
diff --git a/vscode-extension/out/extension.cjs b/vscode-extension/out/extension.cjs
index 04de210..dbe3dd4 100644
--- a/vscode-extension/out/extension.cjs
+++ b/vscode-extension/out/extension.cjs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ exports._freeHandle = _freeHandle;
 // Inserted by --vscode-extension (issue #105): auto-generated glue so this
 // file is directly loadable as a VS Code extension's `main`. Replaces the
 // previously hand-written index.cjs + vendored adapter boilerplate.
-const _makeVscodeBindings = require("@hyperpolymath/affine-vscode");
+const _makeVscodeBindings = require("../src/affine-vscode-adapter.cjs");
 exports.extraImports = function() {
   return _makeVscodeBindings(
     require("vscode"),
diff --git a/vscode-extension/package.json b/vscode-extension/package.json
index 4bcbe1c..9cf7c48 100644
--- a/vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   "activationEvents": [
     "onLanguage:my"
   ],
-  "main": "./src/index.cjs",
+  "main": "./out/extension.cjs",
   "contributes": {
     "languages": [
       {
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@
     ]
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "vscode:prepublish": "npm run compile",
-    "compile": "affinescript compile --vscode-extension src/extension.affine -o out/extension.cjs",
+    "vscode:prepublish": "affinescript compile --vscode-extension --vscode-extension-adapter=../src/affine-vscode-adapter.cjs src/extension.affine -o out/extension.cjs",
+    "compile": "affinescript compile --vscode-extension --vscode-extension-adapter=../src/affine-vscode-adapter.cjs src/extension.affine -o out/extension.cjs",
     "package": "vsce package"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/vscode-extension/src/index.cjs b/vscode-extension/src/index.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dd30c1..0000000
--- a/vscode-extension/src/index.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later
-// Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
-//
-// Runtime entry point — what VS Code loads via package.json `main`.
-//
-// Pipeline:
-//   src/extension.affine   ──affinescript compile──>   out/extension.cjs   (wasm shim)
-//   src/index.cjs          ──this file──>   exports.{activate,deactivate}
-//
-// This wrapper bridges the compiled wasm shim to the live vscode/lc modules
-// by installing `extraImports` on the shim before activation runs.
-
-"use strict";
-
-const shim = require("../out/extension.cjs");
-const makeVscodeBindings = require("./affine-vscode-adapter.cjs");
-
-// Install the Phase-2 binding hook. `_buildImports()` inside the shim calls
-// this after the host invokes `exports.activate`, just before
-// `WebAssembly.instantiate`. The shim's own `exports._instance` is set
-// during init, so the adapter's lazy `getInstance()` resolves correctly
-// for callbacks that fire after activation.
-shim.extraImports = function extraImports() {
-  return makeVscodeBindings(
-    require("vscode"),
-    require("vscode-languageclient/node"),
-    shim
-  );
-};
-
-exports.activate = shim.activate;
-exports.deactivate = shim.deactivate;