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Parth Supariwale

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Tracks real coding activity for GitHub!
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Code Activity Tracker - Your Honest Development Journal 🚀

📊 Stop Faking Green Squares, Start Tracking Real Work Tired of GitHub's misleading activity graph? This extension creates a truthful record of your actual coding efforts, perfect for portfolios, job hunts, or personal accountability.

🔥 Key Features

🕒 Hourly Progress Snapshots Auto-commits to private code-tracking repo every 60 minutes

🧠 AI-Powered Summaries (Gemini Integration) Smart activity summaries instead of raw commit counts

⏳ Idle Detection Pauses tracking after 30min inactivity (resumes automatically)

💻 LeetCode Integration Tracks problem-solving sessions alongside VS Code work (coming soon..)

🔒 Military-Grade Security Stores credentials locally with VS Code's secure storage

🛠 How It Works

Install → Authenticate (GitHub + Gemini API)

Code Normally (Extension handles tracking)

Review your code-tracking repo for beautiful activity history

Example Commit Message

Added user authentication flow

Fixed API response parsing bug

Solved LeetCode#215: Array Sorting

📥 Pre-requisites

  1. User should have GitHub Personal Access Token

    To create one goto:

    GitHub -> Settings -> Developer Settings (bottom left panel) -> Personal Access Tokens (give repo permissions to this token)

  2. User should have Gemini Flash-1.5 model API

    To create one goto:

    Google AI Stusio -> Get API Key -> Create API Key

📥 Installation

  1. Click Install from marketplace
  2. Enter credentials when prompted
  3. Code normally - tracking starts automatically!

Get daily proof of your coding awesomeness 🦄

💼 Why Developers Love This

Job Seekers: Showcase actual work during interviews

Freelancers: Document hourly efforts for clients

Learners: Track skill development milestones

Teams: Encourage healthy coding habits

Perfect For: 💻 Full-Stack Devs | 🎓 Coding Bootcamp Students | 🤖 AI Engineers | 🧑🏫 Tech Interview Prep

📣 Pro Tip: Pair with our LeetCode Companion Extension for complete activity tracking! (Coming Soon..)

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