TinyAI Observability

Private VS Code extension for collecting Copilot-era coding task telemetry.

Usage

1. Install the private .vsix.
2. Reload VS Code.
3. Keep using Copilot Chat / Agent mode normally.
4. The extension automatically scans local VS Code Copilot transcript files and uploads full user/assistant messages when tinyaiObservability.captureConversationText is enabled.
5. In Agent mode, enable or allow the tinyai_specs tool. Copilot can then call the tool directly when the prompt needs personal specs.
6. For sticky TinyAI chat, start a Copilot Chat thread with @tinyai; the participant is sticky, so follow-up turns in that thread do not need @tinyai again.
7. Open the left-side TinyAI activity bar item for task controls: Capture Copilot Local Transcripts, Start Task, Record Feedback, Record Adoption Snapshot, End Task, and fallback transcript import.

The extension records task lifecycle events, spec/catalog file access, code change summaries, full conversation text for TinyAI-owned chat surfaces, local Copilot transcript JSONL files, clipboard/editor-imported Copilot transcripts, feedback, adoption snapshots, and upload retries.

Regular Copilot Chat is captured from local VS Code workspace transcript files:

$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/<hash>/GitHub.copilot-chat/transcripts/*.jsonl
$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/<hash>/chatSessions/*.jsonl

Those records include user and assistant message text when VS Code persists them. They are marked derived because the extension reads local persisted files rather than receiving a first-party Copilot Chat event. Direct capture still comes from the sticky @tinyai participant and the tinyai_specs Agent-mode tool. Inline completions are not per-suggestion exact; code adoption is estimated from task-window diffs and retention snapshots.