AI Credits Monitor

Real-time GitHub Copilot AIC credits and request count displayed in the VS Code status bar.

Features

Status bar icon shows your Copilot usage at a glance
Click the status bar item to cycle between Today / This Week / This Month
Hover to see a detailed breakdown: input/output/cached tokens, active sessions, and per-model usage
Auto-refreshes every 5 minutes (configurable)

Installation

Install from the VS Code Marketplace by searching for AI Credits Monitor, or install manually:

code --install-extension ai-credits-monitor-0.2.0.vsix

Once installed, the extension activates automatically — look for the $(pulse) icon in the right side of your status bar.

Usage

Action	How
View usage summary	Hover over the status bar icon
Switch period	Click the status bar icon (cycles Today → Week → Month)
Refresh manually	Run command `AI Credits: Refresh Now`
Show detailed report	Run command `AI Credits: Show Details`

All commands are accessible via the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P):

AI Credits: Switch Period (Today/Week/Month)
AI Credits: Refresh Now
AI Credits: Show Details

Settings

Setting	Description	Default
`aiCreditsMonitor.refreshIntervalMinutes`	Auto-refresh interval in minutes	`5`
`aiCreditsMonitor.defaultPeriod`	Default period on startup (`today` / `week` / `month`)	`today`

How It Works

The extension reads Copilot usage data from local debug logs (workspaceStorage/**/GitHub.copilot-chat/debug-logs/**/main.jsonl). Everything runs entirely offline — no network requests are made.

AI Credits Monitor

Boyka Chongyang Zhu

AI Credits Monitor

Features

Installation

Usage

Settings

How It Works