ACCM - Acidni Copilot Chat Manager

A powerful VS Code extension for managing, organizing, searching, and exporting your GitHub Copilot chat histories with word clouds and deep search.

Features

📊 Dashboard View

• View all your Copilot chats in one place
• See statistics: total chats, messages, and workspaces
• Word cloud visualization of top topics
• Quick actions for each chat

🗂️ Sidebar Views

• All Chats: Flat list of all chat histories
• By Workspace: Chats grouped by workspace
• Recent: Your most recent conversations

📤 Export Capabilities

• Export individual chats or all at once
• Multiple formats supported:
  • JSON: Full data export for backup/import
  • Markdown: Human-readable documentation
  • HTML: Shareable web format

📥 Import Chats

• Import previously exported chat histories
• Automatic duplicate detection

🔍 Search & Deep Search

• Full-text search across all chat messages
• Deep search with word counts and context highlighting
• Quick navigation to matching chats

🏷️ Project Attachment

• Attach chats to specific projects
• Keep relevant conversations organized

Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Go to Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X)
3. Search for "ACCM" or "Acidni Copilot Chat Manager"
4. Click Install

From VSIX

1. Download the .vsix file
2. Open VS Code
3. Go to Extensions
4. Click the ... menu → "Install from VSIX..."
5. Select the downloaded file

Usage

Command Palette Commands

Sidebar

The extension adds a "Chat Manager" view container to your Activity Bar with three views:

• All Chats: Browse all your chat histories
• Workspaces: See chats organized by workspace
• Recent: Quick access to recent conversations

Right-click any chat for additional options:

• Open
• Export
• Delete
• Attach to Project

Configuration

Export Format Examples

JSON

{
  "exportDate": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "chats": [
    {
      "id": "abc123",
      "workspacePath": "/path/to/workspace",
      "workspaceName": "my-project",
      "messages": [
        {
          "id": "msg1",
          "role": "user",
          "content": "How do I...",
          "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
        }
      ],
      "createdAt": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z",
      "updatedAt": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Markdown

# Copilot Chat Export

## my-project
**Created:** 1/15/2025, 10:00:00 AM
**Messages:** 5

### Conversation

**👤 You (1/15/2025, 10:00:00 AM):**
How do I implement...

**🤖 Copilot (1/15/2025, 10:00:05 AM):**
You can implement this by...

Development

Building from Source

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/Acidni-LLC/Github-Copilot-Chat-Manager.git
cd Github-Copilot-Chat-Manager

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Compile TypeScript
npm run compile

# Package extension
npx vsce package

Project Structure

├── src/
│   ├── extension.ts          # Main entry point
│   ├── commands/
│   │   └── commandHandlers.ts # Command implementations
│   ├── models/
│   │   └── chatHistory.ts    # Data interfaces
│   ├── providers/
│   │   └── chatHistoryProvider.ts # Tree view providers
│   └── services/
│       └── chatStorageService.ts  # Storage service
├── resources/
│   ├── chat.svg              # Tree view icon
│   └── icon.png              # Extension icon
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or higher
• GitHub Copilot Chat extension installed

Known Issues

• Chat histories are read-only; editing is not supported
• Some older chat formats may not be fully parsed

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Submit a pull request

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

About

Developed by Acidni LLC

Part of the Acidni enterprise configuration ecosystem.