A VS Code extension that sends ntfy.sh push notifications when a GitHub Copilot agent job finishes — so you can walk away and get pinged on your phone when Copilot is done.
Features
Automatically detects when a Copilot agent (editAgent) job completes by tailing the Copilot Chat log file.
Includes turn count and measures job duration (useful for multi-turn Copilot jobs).
Avoids duplicate notifications across multiple VS Code windows (dedupes repeated events).
Pushes a notification to your ntfy topic with the model name and duration.
Status bar indicator shows whether the watcher is active.
Configurable poll interval, ntfy server, and topic.
Auto-starts on VS Code launch when a topic is already configured.
An ntfy.sh account (or self-hosted ntfy server) with a topic set up.
An app on your phone subscribed to the same topic (ntfy is available for Android and iOS).
macOS, Linux, or Windows.
Getting Started
Install the extension.
Open the Command Palette (⇧⌘P) and run Copilot Ntfy: Set ntfy Topic.
Enter your ntfy topic (e.g. my-copilot-jobs).
Watching starts automatically. You'll see Copilot Ntfy: 👁 in the status bar.
Configuration
Setting
Default
Description
copilotNtfy.ntfyServer
https://ntfy.sh
ntfy server URL (use your self-hosted URL if applicable)
copilotNtfy.ntfyTopic
(empty)
ntfy topic to publish notifications to
copilotNtfy.pollIntervalMs
5000
How often to poll the log file in milliseconds
copilotNtfy.autoStart
false
Automatically start watching when VS Code opens
Commands
Command
Description
Copilot Ntfy: Start Watching
Begin watching the Copilot Chat log
Copilot Ntfy: Stop Watching
Stop watching
Copilot Ntfy: Set ntfy Topic
Set or update the ntfy topic
Copilot Ntfy: Open Settings
Open the extension settings page
How it Works
The extension polls the GitHub Copilot Chat log file. The log directory is resolved automatically per platform:
OS
Log directory
macOS
~/Library/Application Support/Code/logs
Windows
%APPDATA%\Code\logs
Linux
~/.config/Code/logs
It watches for ToolCallingLoop stop events to detect job completion, then reads the preceding request line to extract the model name and duration, and POSTs to your ntfy server.
No Copilot API calls are made; the extension is purely passive and read-only with respect to Copilot itself.
Privacy
All notification traffic goes directly from your machine to your configured ntfy server. No data is sent to any third party by this extension.
