The VS Code extension that brings your Claude, ChatGPT / Codex, Antigravity, and more subscriptions into GitHub Copilot Chat No API key — just OAuth. …and use them to write your Git commit messages, too.
Features
🚀 Ready in minutes — install, sign in, and start chatting.
🔀 Native model picker — choose your models directly in Copilot Chat.
🧠 Reasoning built in — pick the thinking effort and follow reasoning live.
📊 Quota at a glance — see remaining usage and redeem available Codex resets with confirmation.
✨ More than chat — generate commit messages, titles, and summaries.
👥 Account load balancing — add multiple accounts for the same provider; CLIProxyAPI distributes requests round-robin across available accounts and skips those in cooldown.
[!WARNING]
Use entirely at your own risk and discretion. This extension routes chat through your personal AI subscription accounts over OAuth. Accessing subscriptions outside their official apps may violate provider terms and could result in rate limiting or account suspension.
Demo
Quick start
Requires VS Code 1.124+ and the GitHub Copilot Chat extension.
Add an account — accept the Add Account prompt (or run Universal Chat Provider: Add Account), pick a provider, and complete OAuth in your browser. Models refresh automatically.
Chat — open Copilot Chat and select a model under Universal Chat Provider.
Manage everything from the status bar item or the Universal Chat Provider: Manage Provider command — inspect quota, redeem OpenAI-provided Codex reset credits, list/remove accounts, restart, update, or reset the managed server.
Commit messages, titles, and summaries
Let your models handle Copilot's light background tasks and Explore searches. Run Universal Chat Provider: Set Utility Model (or use the status bar menu), pick a model (and thinking effort), done. A small, fast, inexpensive model is usually the best fit. Clear it to undo.
How it works
The command points Copilot's chat.utilityModel, chat.utilitySmallModel, and chat.exploreAgent.defaultModel settings at your selected model, so commit messages, chat titles, summaries, and Explore searches run through your accounts. When the model supports thinking levels, the command also asks for the utility Thinking Effort; commit messages use chat.utilitySmallModel plus that effort. No Copilot subscription required.
How it works
The extension runs CLIProxyAPI locally and registers its models with VS Code. Your subscriptions then appear directly in the Copilot Chat model picker.
Reference
Settings
Key
Description
Type
Default
▿ Connection
universalChatProvider.server.mode
How CLIProxyAPI is provided.
string
"managed"
universalChatProvider.baseUrl
CLIProxyAPI server URL. Used only in external mode.
string
"http://127.0.0.1:8317"
universalChatProvider.configPath
Optional CLIProxyAPI config.yaml path for credential and model metadata discovery.
string
""
universalChatProvider.autoDetectConfig
Search common CLIProxyAPI config locations when no config path is set.
boolean
true
▿ Managed Server
universalChatProvider.server.updatePolicy
How managed CLIProxyAPI updates are handled.
string
"automatic"
universalChatProvider.server.version
Exact CLIProxyAPI release used when update policy is Manual.
string
"7.2.94"
universalChatProvider.server.proxyUrl
Optional upstream proxy URL for the managed CLIProxyAPI server. A running managed server restarts automatically when this changes.
string
""
▿ Status Bar
universalChatProvider.showQuotaWarnings
Warn in the status bar when the model in use is low on quota.
boolean
true
universalChatProvider.quotaWarningThreshold
Remaining-quota percent below which the status bar warning appears.
number
10
▿ Advanced
universalChatProvider.debug
Show prompt-cache hit rate and write per-request diagnostics to extension storage.
boolean
false
Commands
Command
Title
universalChatProvider.manage
Universal Chat Provider: Manage Provider
universalChatProvider.login
Universal Chat Provider: Add Account (Login)
universalChatProvider.manageAccounts
Universal Chat Provider: Manage Accounts
universalChatProvider.showQuota
Universal Chat Provider: Show Quota
universalChatProvider.restartServer
Universal Chat Provider: Restart Managed Server
universalChatProvider.updateBinary
Universal Chat Provider: Update Proxy Binary
universalChatProvider.resetServer
Universal Chat Provider: Reset Managed Server
universalChatProvider.configure
Universal Chat Provider: Configure Connection
universalChatProvider.importConfig
Universal Chat Provider: Import API Key from Config
universalChatProvider.refresh
Universal Chat Provider: Refresh Models
universalChatProvider.setUtilityModel
Universal Chat Provider: Set Utility Model (commit messages, chat titles, summaries)
universalChatProvider.clearCredentials
Universal Chat Provider: Clear Stored API Key
universalChatProvider.showLogs
Universal Chat Provider: Show Logs
universalChatProvider.showServerLogs
Universal Chat Provider: Show Server Output
universalChatProvider.openSettings
Universal Chat Provider: Open Settings
Advanced
Managed-server updates
Updates are automatic by default. Change universalChatProvider.server.updatePolicy to suggestUpdates or manual if you'd rather review or pin them yourself.
Bring your own CLIProxyAPI server
Prefer to run CLIProxyAPI yourself, such as on a remote or shared machine?
Set universalChatProvider.server.mode to external.
Start CLIProxyAPI and complete the provider login there.
Use the Import API Key notification action when a local config is found, or run Configure Connection to enter the URL and key manually.
The API key is stored in VS Code SecretStorage. In external mode, the extension never starts or stops the server. If the server exposes a plaintext remote-management.secret-key, the Add Account and Manage Accounts commands work against it too.
