Claude Auto-Resume

Hit your Claude Code limit? Set a timer. When it ends, continue is sent in that chat for you.

Install

Open Extensions (Ctrl+Shift+X), search Claude Auto-Resume, click Install. Or download the latest .vsix from Releases, then Extensions → ⋯ → Install from VSIX….
The Claude Code extension must be installed too.
Set up key sending once (needed to press Enter in the chat):

System	What to do
Windows	Nothing
macOS	Allow VS Code in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility
Linux (X11)	`sudo apt install xdotool`
Linux (Wayland, Ubuntu default)	See below

Linux Wayland setup

sudo apt install ydotool

echo 'KERNEL=="uinput", SUBSYSTEM=="misc", TAG+="uaccess", OPTIONS+="static_node=uinput"' \
  | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/80-uinput.rules

sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=uinput

Open a Claude Code chat in an editor tab.
Click the clock icon at the top right of the chat tab (or Auto-resume in the status bar).
Choose Start timer and type how long is left until your limit resets (see below).
Leave VS Code open. The countdown shows in the status bar. When it ends, the chat gets continue + Enter.

You type	It means
`5h 3m`	5 hours 3 minutes
`5:03`	5 hours 3 minutes (hours:minutes)
`90m`	90 minutes
`1.5h`	1 hour 30 minutes
`45`	45 minutes (a plain number is minutes)

The box shows when the timer will end before you press Enter.

Another chat? Open it and repeat. Every chat has its own timer. Change or Stop a timer from the same menu.

Setting	Default
`claudeAutoResume.message`	`continue`	Text sent when the timer ends

Works for chats in editor tabs, not the sidebar chat.
Sends only while the VS Code window is focused. Otherwise it waits for you.
Two chats with the same title (for example two new "Claude Code" chats) can be mixed up after a reload, so the timer skips them.

MIT. This is an independent extension and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.