Schedule automatic AI prompts with cron expressions in VS Code.

📥 Install from VS Code Marketplace

Japanese / 日本語版はこちら

🗓️ Cron Scheduling - Schedule prompts to run at specific times using cron expressions

🤖 Agent & Model Selection - Choose from built-in agents (@workspace, @terminal) and AI models (GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4), including runtime quality or experimental quality variants when available

🌐 Multi-language Support - English and Japanese UI with auto-detection

📊 Sidebar TreeView - Manage all scheduled tasks with human-readable schedule summaries

🖥️ Webview GUI - Easy-to-use graphical interface for creating and editing tasks

The friendly cron builder only offers interval choices that can be represented exactly with standard cron. Intervals such as 40 or 90 minutes are generated as multiple cron lines instead of inaccurate expressions like */40 * * * *. All generated lines belong to the same task, and the scheduler runs the task at the earliest matching next time across those lines.

Monthly friendly schedules default to days 1-28 so the task can run every month. Use a custom cron expression if you intentionally want a schedule such as the 31st that only runs in months where that day exists.

To automatically keep AI-applied edits after review delay, configure VS Code setting chat.editing.autoAcceptDelay (0 = off, 1-100 = seconds, recommended: 5).

Task-level controls (Chat Session, Max Runs/Day, Allowed Time Window) are configured per task in the Webview create/edit form.

The Webview previews Copilot Chat-like thinking effort options for supported model families. If it fails, choose Default.

If execution feels sluggish when a task is triggered, try:

• copilotScheduler.chatSession = continue
• copilotScheduler.commandDelayFactor = 0.6 (or 0.5)
• copilotScheduler.notificationMode = silentStatus
• copilotScheduler.logLevel = error (or none)

Use these placeholders in your prompts:

• Global: Task runs in all workspaces
• Workspace: Task runs only in the specific workspace where it was created

Store prompt templates for reuse:

• Local: .github/prompts/*.md in your workspace
• Global: VS Code user prompts folder (or the folder set in copilotScheduler.globalPromptsPath)
• If you edit prompt text while Local/Global template source is selected (after template load completes), the task is automatically saved as Inline to keep execution consistent with the edited content.

Global custom agents are auto-discovered from the VS Code user prompts/customization folder and ~/.copilot/agents when copilotScheduler.globalAgentsPath is empty.

This follows current Copilot custom agent and Copilot CLI file locations, but this extension only discovers agent files. Prompt templates still use the VS Code user prompts folder or copilotScheduler.globalPromptsPath, not ~/.copilot/prompts, and the extension does not manage Copilot CLI sessions.

• VS Code 1.80.0 or higher
• GitHub Copilot extension

Maintainers can publish from GitHub Actions instead of running vsce publish locally.

• Push a tag in the form vX.Y.Z after updating package.json to the same version.
• GitHub Actions runs npm ci, npm run compile, npm test, packages a .vsix, publishes to VS Code Marketplace, and attaches the .vsix to the GitHub release.
• For ad-hoc publishing, use the Publish Extension workflow from the Actions tab to publish the current package.json version manually.
• Add the repository secret VSCE_PAT before using the workflow.

• Copilot Chat API is still evolving; some features may require updates as the API stabilizes
• Model selection may not work in all configurations
• Experimental model quality relies on evolving VS Code/Copilot internals and may not work in all configurations

Disclaimer: This extension automates Copilot Chat. GitHub's Acceptable Use Policies prohibit "excessive automated bulk activity", the Terms of Service § H (API Terms) allow account suspension for excessive API usage, and the GitHub Copilot Additional Product Terms apply these policies directly to Copilot. Use at your own risk; your account could be rate-limited or restricted. Configure jitter/daily limits/longer intervals to reduce risk, but there is no guarantee.

Note: There are reports of Copilot access being restricted even without using automation tools. These mitigations reduce obvious automation patterns but cannot eliminate that risk.

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Initial release:

• Cron-based task scheduling
• Agent and model selection
• English/Japanese localization
• Sidebar TreeView
• Webview GUI for task management
• Prompt template support

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Enjoy scheduling your Copilot prompts! 🚀