VSCode AI Cost Tracker 🐾

Real-time AI API cost tracking for VS Code. Monitor your Copilot Chat and Language Model usage costs without leaving your editor.

📸 Screenshots

Dashboard View	Status Bar

🚀 Features

• 💰 Real-time cost tracking — automatically captures every Copilot Chat and vscode.lm API call
• 📊 Status bar indicator — see total cost and call count at a glance ($(graph) AI: $0.00)
• 📈 WebView dashboard — detailed breakdown by provider and model, with average cost per call
• 🔍 Provider auto-detection — supports 23 providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Meta, Mistral, Qwen, xAI, and more)
• 💾 Persistent storage — call history survives VS Code restarts (up to 10,000 records)
• 🔌 Zero configuration — works out of the box, no API keys needed
• 🕵️ Privacy first — all data stays local, no external network calls

📦 Installation

From VS Code Marketplace

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+P to open the Command Palette
3. Paste: ext install lijustin655.vscode-tracker
4. Press Enter

From Marketplace Website

Click here to install

🎯 Usage

1. Install the extension
2. Use Copilot Chat or any vscode.lm-based AI feature as usual
3. See costs automatically tracked in the status bar: $(graph) AI: $0.00
4. Click the status bar to open the detailed cost dashboard
5. Explore per-provider and per-model breakdowns

Commands

🔒 Privacy

• No external network calls — all data stays in your local VS Code
• No data collection — no analytics, no tracking, no telemetry
• No API keys required — works with existing Copilot/Chat setup
• No response modification — reads metadata only, never alters AI responses

All tracked data is stored in VS Code's globalState and can be cleared at any time via the Clear All Data command.

📋 Requirements

• VS Code 1.96 or higher
• Copilot Chat or any extension using the vscode.lm API

📄 License & Privacy

• License: MIT
• Privacy Policy: View on GitHub
• Source Code: github.com/lijustin655/vscode-tracker

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