Copilot Auto-Continue ⚡

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🤖 Keep Copilot going! The ultimate GitHub Copilot enhancement suite with intelligent AI Project Manager, autonomous development sessions, and context-aware responses.

🎯 What Is This?

Copilot Auto-Continue transforms GitHub Copilot from a simple code assistant into a fully autonomous development partner. It:

• 🔄 Auto-continues when Copilot pauses with "Shall I continue?"
• 🧠 Reads your planning docs (ROADMAP, VISION, SPEC) to guide development
• 🚀 Runs autonomous sessions that build entire projects from a vision document
• 📊 Tracks progress and generates session summaries
• 🎭 Adapts its personality to your preferred communication style

✨ Features at a Glance

🌟 Free vs Premium

💳 Get Premium — one-time purchase, lifetime access, all future updates included.

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install & Prerequisites

✅ VS Code 1.90.0+
✅ Python 3.8+ (in PATH)
✅ GitHub Copilot extension
✅ Windows OS (OCR uses Windows APIs)

Install from VS Code Marketplace or:

code --install-extension copilot-auto-continue-2.1.0.vsix

2. First Launch

The extension auto-starts on VS Code launch:

1. OCR service installs dependencies automatically
2. Status bar shows 🟢 ON when ready
3. Welcome screen appears with setup guide

3. Basic Usage (Auto-Continue Only)

Just open Copilot Chat and start working. When Copilot asks:

"Shall I continue with the implementation?"

The extension automatically responds!

4. Advanced Usage (AI Project Manager)

For intelligent, context-aware development:

1. Create a .projectmanager/plans/ folder in your workspace
2. Add planning documents:
   • VISION.md - What you want to build
   • ROADMAP.md - Development phases and tasks
   • CURRENT_PHASE.md - Active work items
3. Enable Project Manager:

   { "copilotAutoContinue.projectManager.enabled": true }
   

4. Start development: Run Begin AI-Guided Development command

🤖 AI Project Manager

Transform simple "yes, continue" into intelligent guidance!

How It Works

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Your Planning Docs          │  Copilot Output              │
│  ├── VISION.md               │  "I've implemented auth.     │
│  ├── ROADMAP.md              │   Should I continue with     │
│  └── CURRENT_PHASE.md        │   the API or database?"      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            ↓
          ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
          │  🧠 AI Project Manager              │
          │  Analyzes context, generates smart  │
          │  continuation prompt                │
          └─────────────────────────────────────┘
                            ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  "Great work on auth! Per the roadmap, API endpoints are   │
│   next. Start with the user authentication endpoint using  │
│   JWT as specified in SPEC.md"                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

PM Commands

PM Personalities

📊 Progress Tracking

Track your project's completion status automatically.

View Progress

Run 📊 Show Project Progress to see:

• Overall completion percentage
• Tasks by status (completed, pending, blocked)
• Phase-by-phase breakdown
• Recently completed tasks

How It Works

The PM parses checkbox tasks from your planning docs:

- [x] Completed task ✓
- [ ] Pending task

📝 Session Summaries

Get comprehensive reports after development sessions.

Generate a Summary

Run 📝 Generate Session Summary to create:

• Session duration and turn count
• Accomplishments extracted from prompts
• Tasks completed during the session
• Suggested next steps from roadmap

Save Options

• 💾 Save to file → .projectmanager/sessions/
• 📋 Copy to clipboard
• 👁️ View in editor

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

📋 All Commands

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

Core Commands

Project Manager Commands

⚙️ Configuration

Access: File > Preferences > Settings → search "copilot auto"

Core Settings

Project Manager Settings

Safety Settings

📂 Workspace Settings: Most settings can be customized per-project. Use the command Save Settings to This Workspace to create workspace-level overrides. Settings are stored in .vscode/settings.json and loaded automatically when you open that folder.

📁 Planning Documents Structure

your-project/
├── .projectmanager/
│   ├── plans/
│   │   ├── VISION.md         # Project goals and purpose
│   │   ├── ROADMAP.md        # Development phases
│   │   ├── SPEC.md           # Technical specifications
│   │   └── CURRENT_PHASE.md  # Active work items
│   └── sessions/
│       └── session-*.md      # Session summaries
└── src/
    └── ...

Example VISION.md

# Project Vision

## Overview
A real-time multiplayer game engine with WebSocket support.

## Goals
- 60 FPS performance on mobile
- <100ms latency multiplayer
- Cross-platform support

## Key Features
- Physics engine
- Particle system
- Networked game state

🛡️ Safety Features

🐛 Troubleshooting

OCR Service Issues

1. Check "OCR Service" terminal for errors
2. Verify Python 3.8+ is in PATH
3. Run: Restart OCR Service

Patterns Not Matching

1. Enable debug logging in settings
2. Check Show Log for detection attempts
3. Verify Copilot chat panel is visible

PM Not Generating Smart Responses

1. Verify projectManager.enabled is true
2. Check planning docs exist in configured folder
3. Ensure language model is available
4. Run: Reload Planning Docs

📊 Status Bar

📚 Documentation

• AI Project Manager Guide
• Development Roadmap
• Changelog

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing)
3. Commit changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to branch (git push origin feature/amazing)
5. Open Pull Request

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE