GitHub Copilot Usage Tracker

📊 Understand your GitHub Copilot usage — Track tokens, analyze tools, and gain actionable insights into your AI-powered development workflow.

Get real-time visibility into your Copilot usage with beautiful dashboards, intelligent request categorization, and comprehensive analytics — all stored locally and completely private.

✨ Key Features

📈 Real-Time Usage Metrics

Track every Copilot interaction with comprehensive metrics displayed on an intuitive dashboard:

• Token consumption by model and time period
• Request counts with success/failure tracking
• Session analytics across all your projects
• Live status bar showing current usage stats

📊 Rich Data Visualizations

Powerful charts that make your usage patterns clear at a glance:

• Model distribution — See which Copilot models you use most
• Usage by category — Understand what you're asking Copilot for
• Daily trends — Track token consumption over time
• Project breakdowns — Compare usage across workspaces

🛠️ Tool Performance Analytics

Monitor which Copilot tools are being used and how they perform:

• Success/failure rates for every tool
• Execution time tracking to identify bottlenecks
• Usage frequency to see your most-used tools
• Visual progress indicators for quick insights

🏷️ Smart Auto-Categorization

Every Copilot request is automatically classified into categories like:

• Development, Testing, Debugging
• Refactoring, Documentation
• Architecture, Optimization
• And more — fully customizable!

🚀 Getting Started

1. Install the extension from the VS Code Marketplace
2. Use GitHub Copilot as you normally would
3. Click the status bar item (bottom right) to open your dashboard
4. Explore your insights — filtering by time, project, or category

That's it! The extension works automatically in the background, requiring zero configuration.

💡 Why You'll Love It

✅ Zero Configuration Required

Start tracking immediately — no setup, no API keys, no external services.

✅ Complete Privacy

All data stays on your machine. No cloud uploads, no external calls, no tracking.

✅ Flexible Time Ranges

View your stats for:

• Today — See real-time activity
• 7 days — Weekly patterns (default)
• 30 days — Monthly overview
• All time — Complete history

✅ Multi-Project Support

Track usage across all your workspaces with per-project filtering and comparison.

✅ Fully Customizable

• Define your own categorization taxonomy
• Choose which AI model powers the labeling
• Set custom storage locations
• Auto-purge old data to save space

📋 Commands

Access via Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P):

• GHCP Tracker: Show Usage Statistics — Open the dashboard
• GHCP Tracker: Export Statistics — Save data as JSON
• GHCP Tracker: Reset Statistics — Clear all data
• GHCP Tracker: Open Data Location — View session files
• GHCP Tracker: Purge Old Session Files — Clean up old data

⚙️ Configuration (Optional)

Customize the extension in VS Code Settings:

{
  "ghcp-tracker.enableLabeling": true,
  "ghcp-tracker.labelingModel": "gpt-4o-mini",
  "ghcp-tracker.trackTokens": true,
  "ghcp-tracker.trackTools": true,
  "ghcp-tracker.autoPurgeDays": 30
}

Key Settings:

• enableTracking — Enable/disable tracking (default: true)
• enableLabeling — Auto-categorize requests (default: true)
• labelingModel — AI model for labeling (default: "gpt-4o")
• labelCategories — Custom taxonomy (default: 10 categories)
• autoPurgeDays — Auto-delete old sessions (default: 30)

View all configuration options →

🎯 Perfect For

Individual Developers — Understand your coding patterns and optimize Copilot usage

Team Leads — Monitor team adoption and identify training opportunities

Organizations — Track ROI, manage budgets, and optimize AI investments

Researchers — Analyze AI-assisted development behaviors with exportable data

🔒 Privacy & Security

• ✅ 100% local — All data stored on your machine
• ✅ No telemetry — We don't collect or transmit anything
• ✅ Open source — Audit the code yourself
• ✅ You control the data — Export, delete, or move it anytime

📚 Learn More

• Full Documentation
• GitHub Repository
• Report Issues
• Request Features

📄 License

MIT © cykruss

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