Shortcut Coach

Shortcut Coach tracks your VS Code command usage and suggests keyboard shortcuts so you can work faster. It shows tips after you repeat an action and a live dashboard of commands worth learning shortcuts for.

Features

• Track commands – Every command you run (via mouse, menu, Command Palette, or keybinding) is counted.
• Status bar – Bottom-right shows how many commands you’ve “learned” (used at least 5 times).
• Tips – After using a command 5 times, you get a message with the shortcut (or a nudge to assign one in Keyboard Shortcuts).
• Dashboard – Run Shortcut Coach: Show Dashboard to see:
  • Commands to learn shortcuts for – Top commands below the threshold, with suggested shortcuts where known.
  • Commands you've learned – Commands you’ve used 5+ times.
• Compatibility – Works on VS Code versions with or without onDidExecuteCommand (automatic fallback).

Commands

Usage

1. Install the extension.
2. Use VS Code as usual (menus, Command Palette, keybindings).
3. After you use a command 5 times, a tip appears with the keyboard shortcut (or a hint to set one).
4. Check the status bar (bottom right) for the number of commands you’ve “mastered.”
5. Run Command Palette → Shortcut Coach: Show Dashboard to see the full list and suggested shortcuts.

Status Bar

The status bar shows: Shortcut Coach: N
where N is the number of commands you’ve used at least 5 times in this session.

Dashboard

• Commands to learn shortcuts for – Most-used commands that haven’t reached the threshold yet, with usage count and suggested shortcut (or “Assign shortcut”).
• Commands you've learned – Commands you’ve used 5+ times.
• Updates live as you run commands.

Built-in shortcut suggestions

These commands have predefined shortcut tips:

For any other command, the extension still counts usage and suggests opening Keyboard Shortcuts (Ctrl+K Ctrl+S) to assign or look up a shortcut.

Extension settings

No configurable settings yet.

Release notes

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.

1.0.0

• First stable release.
• Reliable command tracking (with fallback when onDidExecuteCommand is unavailable).
• Status bar and dashboard that update as you use commands.
• Tips for all commands (known shortcuts or “assign shortcut”).
• Redesigned dashboard with cards and clear sections.

Publishing

Prerequisites

• Node.js (e.g. LTS).
• vsce:
  npm install -g @vscode/vsce

Package (create .vsix)

cd shortcut-coach
pnpm install
pnpm run package
vsce package

This produces shortcut-coach-1.0.0.vsix.

Publish to Marketplace

1. Create a Visual Studio Marketplace publisher account and get a Personal Access Token.

2. From the extension root:

   vsce login <publisher-id>
   vsce publish
   

   Or publish a specific version:

   vsce publish 1.0.0
   

Bump version for a new release

1. Update version in package.json (e.g. 1.0.1 or 1.1.0).
2. Add a new section in CHANGELOG.md under [Unreleased] or a new version heading.
3. Run vsce package (or vsce publish) again.

License

MIT

Made for VS Code users who want to learn shortcuts by doing.