AI Co-author

Automatically add Co-authored-by trailers to your git commits when working with AI assistants like Claude or GitHub Copilot.

How it works

AI Co-author adds a panel to the Source Control sidebar where you can check which AI assistants helped with your current work. When you commit, a lightweight prepare-commit-msg git hook appends the appropriate Co-authored-by trailers to your commit message.

feat: add user authentication

Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>

Features

• Checkbox UI in Source Control panel -- toggle AI co-authors on and off directly from the SCM sidebar
• Automatic git hook management -- installs and manages a prepare-commit-msg hook; plays nicely with existing hooks
• Persisted state -- your selections are remembered across VS Code sessions
• Multi-repo support -- works with workspaces containing multiple git repositories
• Configurable co-authors -- add any AI assistant via settings

Usage

1. Open the Source Control panel in VS Code
2. Find the AI Co-authors section
3. Check the AI assistants that helped with your work
4. Commit as normal -- the Co-authored-by trailers are added automatically

Configuration

Add or modify AI co-authors in your VS Code settings:

{
  "aiCoauthor.coauthors": [
    {
      "name": "Claude",
      "email": "noreply@anthropic.com"
    },
    {
      "name": "GitHub Copilot",
      "email": "noreply@github.com"
    }
  ]
}

Requirements

• VS Code 1.85.0 or later
• Git extension (built-in)

License

MIT