A lightweight VSCode extension that lets you easily track your GitHub Copilot premium requests. It adds a convenient, distraction-free indicator directly to your status bar, so you can monitor your monthly quota and daily usage at a glance without interrupting your workflow.
Standard percentage metrics (e.g., "Used 37%") lack daily context. They don't tell you if you're burning through your limits too fast today or if you have a huge buffer saved up.
Pacer solves this by merging a usage progress bar with a monthly calendar timeline.
Imagine your monthly quota as a single timeline. We place two markers ┃ on this timeline to represent the start and end of today. Since today is what matters most, the UI acts as a "lens" that zooms in on this specific section.
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Visual Pacing Bar: The status bar indicator (e.g.,
▰▰┃▮▮▯▯▯┃▱▱▱) is dynamically split into three clear zones:- Past (
▰▰): Requests you've already spent. - Today's Lens (
┃▮▮▯▯▯┃): Your specific budget window for today. The fill inside shows your actual usage moving through the day. - Future (
▱▱▱): The remaining quota for the rest of the month.
- Past (
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Paid Premium Tracking: Once you exceed your included quota, GitHub charges $0.04 per additional premium request. The lens automatically switches to show your real-time spending (e.g.,
▰▰▰▰┃$5.14┃▰▰▰▰), so you always know exactly how much you've spent this month.
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Smart Tooltip: Hover over the status bar to see the exact math. The "Remaining today" number is simply the distance to that right marker
┃, which naturally includes all the unused requests you've saved up from previous days. -
Zero Setup: Works automatically with your GitHub account — no tokens or configuration needed.
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Set and Forget: The indicator automatically refreshes in the background. Click on the status bar to refresh it manually anytime.
| Command | Description |
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Pacer: Refresh |
Force an immediate usage refresh |