Help Your AI Stay Active and Engaged — By sending friendly, automated chat prompts, this extension keeps your AI from falling behind on its exercise regimen.
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
Help Your AI Stay Active and Engaged — By sending friendly, automated chat prompts, this extension keeps your AI from falling behind on its exercise regimen.
Features
Automated AI Activity: Sends small requests at a configurable interval using the VS Code LLM API
Status Bar Control: Quick access to all controls via a single status bar item
Session & All-time Counters: Track your burn activity across sessions
Usage
Click the "AI Token Burner" status bar item (bottom of VS Code)
Select "Enable Burn Mode" from the menu
The extension will start sending periodic prompts to the AI model
Configuration
Setting
Default
Description
aiTokenBurner.autoStart
false
Automatically start burning when VS Code starts
aiTokenBurner.intervalMinutes
30
Interval in minutes between burns
Requirements
A language model available through VS Code's LLM API (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
Output
To view detailed logs, open the Output panel (View > Output) and select "AI Token Burner" from the dropdown. The output shows:
Timestamps for each action
Model used for each burn
Prompts sent
Response summaries
Disclaimer
This extension is purely vibe-coded. All code is unreviewed and provided with absolutely no warranty. Use at your own risk.