Impact Tracker helps you log our progress and analyze time spent with reports you can share with teammates, managers and for your self-review. Save time and never forget your accomplishments to help you level up.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
The Impact Tracker extension helps you automatically create your performance review and track your progress to share with your teammates and manager. Save time and never forget your accomplishments to help you level up.
Features
Automatically write your self-review based on your coding activity
Summarize your recent progress, accomplishments and key metrics
Identify experts on the code you are working on to get help and context
Generate daily reports analyzing my code in progress and commits
Analyze time spent across key categories
Track key skills and programming languages utilized
Effortlessly share code with your team via Slack, Teams, et.al.
Requirements
VSCode v1.89.0 and above
MacOS, Windows, Linux
OpenAI or Gemini API Key (optional)
Getting Started
After installing the extension, run "Exceeds Impact Tracker"
"Show My Progress" will generate your report leveraging the Exceeds AI service key for OpenAI.
You can also enter your OpenAI API or Google Gemini API key, which is only stored locally. We recommend using enterprise keys.
Instant Self-Reviews with Review Magic
"Review Magic" helps prepare your self-review by analyzing your code. Enter your details to help tune the evaluation to your level and role.
Select your evaluation criteria. You can upload your company's criteria or use Exceeds' engineering evaluation criteria.
Select your local code repos and any supplemental information. Add technical documents or paste in any feedback to help summarize your impact. Review Magic will analyze all the signals to produce a draft.
Preview the self-review draft, and edit or regenerate the review. Note: If you make manual edits, they will not be saved if you choose to regenerate the section with AI.
Export your review in PDF or markup formats. Or copy and paste any specific section.
Status Reports on Your Progress
As you code, your report will track your progress. Generate your report anytime by refreshing or running the "Exceeds Impact Tracker"
Get trends, skills and language observations on your Profile
Get Expert Help and Context from Your Team
Ask an expert - Select a piece of code, right-click, and choose "Ask an expert" to initiate conversations with meaningful context seamlessly.
API Key Notes
Initial version leverages OpenAI API or Google Gemini API keys. We recommend using your enterprise keys where possible.
Future versions will provide Anthropic key support, and local model access for added privacy.