Copilot Chat Secretary

A VS Code extension for real-time monitoring and status tracking of GitHub Copilot chat sessions.

Features

• Real-time Chat Monitoring - Automatically monitors Copilot chat sessions and displays current status
• Status Indicators - Shows whether chat is completed, in progress, canceled, or unknown
• Request Counter - Displays the total number of requests in the current chat session
• Activity Detection - Indicates when there's new activity in the chat
• Tree View Interface - Clean sidebar view with all monitoring information

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Run pnpm install
3. Press F5 in VS Code to launch Extension Development Host
4. Or build with pnpm run build and package with pnpm run package

Usage

After installation, you'll see a new "Copilot Chat Secretary" icon in the Activity Bar. Click it to open the Chat Monitor view which shows:

• Monitoring Status - Whether automatic monitoring is active
• Chat Status - Current status of the Copilot chat (completed, in_progress, canceled, unknown)
• Requests Count - Total number of requests in the chat
• Activity Indicator - Shows if there's recent activity
• Refresh Button - Manually refresh the status

Configuration

Commands

External API

This extension provides a Commands API for other VS Code extensions to access chat monitoring data.

API Commands

Available Commands

// Get current chat status
const status = await vscode.commands.executeCommand<ChatStatusResponse>(
  "copilotChatSecretary.api.getStatus"
);
// Returns: { status, sessionId, requestsCount, lastUpdate }

// Get current dialog session
const dialog =
  await vscode.commands.executeCommand<DialogSessionResponse | null>(
    "copilotChatSecretary.api.getCurrentDialog"
  );
// Returns: DialogSessionResponse or null

// Get dialog history with optional filtering
const history = await vscode.commands.executeCommand<DialogSessionResponse[]>(
  "copilotChatSecretary.api.getDialogHistory",
  { limit: 10, status: "completed" } // optional
);
// Returns: Array of DialogSessionResponse

// Get specific session by ID
const session =
  await vscode.commands.executeCommand<DialogSessionResponse | null>(
    "copilotChatSecretary.api.getSession",
    { sessionId: "abc-123-def-456" }
  );
// Returns: DialogSessionResponse or null

Response Types

interface ChatStatusResponse {
  status: "pending" | "in_progress" | "completed" | "canceled" | "failed";
  sessionId: string | null;
  requestsCount: number;
  lastUpdate: number; // Unix timestamp ms
}

interface DialogSessionResponse {
  sessionId: string;
  status: string;
  firstSeen: number;
  lastSeen: number;
  requestsCount: number;
  firstRequestPreview: string;
  agentId?: string;
  modelId?: string;
}

MCP Tools

This extension provides MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools for AI agents in Copilot Chat to retrieve dialog information.

Available MCP Tools

MCP Tool Usage

Get First Request

Retrieves the first user request from a dialog (preview, up to 80 characters).

// From current active dialog
copilot_chat_secretary_get_first_request()

// From specific dialog
copilot_chat_secretary_get_first_request({ sessionId: "abc-123" })

// Returns:
{
  "success": true,
  "sessionId": "abc-123-def-456",
  "firstRequest": "Как создать React компонент?",
  "timestamp": 1768490000000,
  "requestsCount": 5
}

Get Request by Index

Retrieves a specific user request by position (full text).

// Get 2nd request from current dialog
copilot_chat_secretary_get_request({ index: 2 })

// Get 3rd request from specific dialog
copilot_chat_secretary_get_request({ index: 3, sessionId: "abc-123" })

// Returns:
{
  "success": true,
  "sessionId": "abc-123-def-456",
  "request": "Добавь валидацию формы",
  "index": 2,
  "timestamp": 1768490500000,
  "totalRequests": 5
}

Use cases for AI agents:

• Recall original question after context compression
• Reference specific requests from conversation history
• Understand initial context when user asks "what was my original question?"

Dependencies

• copilot-chat-analyzer - Library for analyzing Copilot chat exports

Development

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Watch mode for development
pnpm run watch

# Build for production
pnpm run build

# Package extension
pnpm run package

License

MIT