Octo Process Guard

Free CPU & RAM watchdog for VS Code developers. Automatically kills runaway Playwright, ESLint, TypeScript language servers, and 20+ other culprits before they freeze your machine.

Features

🤖 AI Memory Coach (powered by OctoPow Lite)

After every kill, AI explains the exact root cause in plain English and gives you a copy-paste fix — not a generic "restart VS Code" suggestion.

Detects missing tsconfig.exclude covering node_modules/dist
Flags workspace folders with no .gitignore coverage
One-click apply — patches tsconfig.json directly from the panel

🛡️ Smart Kill Guard

Never kills mid-commit or mid-test. Reads your git lock file and Playwright state files before firing.

📉 Memory Leak Detector

Tracks per-process RSS over time. Warns you before threshold breach when a process is growing steadily.

📊 Build Impact Score (Teams)

Correlates memory kill events with build slowdowns. Shows exactly how much slower your last build was because tsserver was holding 3.8 GB when Vite started.

🏆 Extension Impact Ranking

Ranks your installed extensions by CPU and memory cost. Identify which extensions are slowing your machine.

⚡ Adaptive Thresholds

Learns your machine's patterns. After 3+ kills of the same process, auto-suggests optimal thresholds.

Platform Support

Platform	Installation	Daemon
macOS	`bash scripts/vscode-guard-install.sh`	LaunchAgent (auto-start)
Windows	`.\\scripts\\vscode-guard-install.ps1`	Task Scheduler
Linux	`bash scripts/vscode-guard-install.sh`	systemd user service

Watched Processes

Playwright Chrome/Worker · ESLint · Vite · Jest/Mocha · TypeScript Server · Pylance · GitHub Copilot Agent · Rust Analyzer · Java Language Server · Bun runners · Semgrep · 10+ more

Free vs Teams

Feature	Free	Teams (Starter+)
Process kill + status bar	✓	✓
AI Memory Coach	✓	✓
Memory Leak Detector	✓	✓
Extension Impact Ranking	✓	✓
One-click tsconfig patch	✓	✓
Adaptive Thresholds	✓	✓
Team kill dashboard	—	✓
Org-wide allowlist	—	✓
Build Impact Score	—	✓
Slack/Teams alerts	—	✓
CI/CD integration	—	✓

Teams features are bundled with OctoApps Developer Intelligence (Starter+, $49.99/mo).

Quick Start

Install this extension
Open any project — the watchdog starts immediately
Click the CPU gauge in the status bar to open the Process Guard panel
Optional: run the shell installer for the background system daemon

Extension Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`octoapps.apiUrl`	`https://www.octoapps.ai/api/v1`	API base URL
`octoapps.apiKey`	—	Intelligence API key for Teams features
`octoapps.cpuThreshold`	`85`	CPU % to start countdown
`octoapps.ramThresholdMb`	`4096`	RSS in MB to trigger kill

Octo Apps - Process Guard

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