Free CPU & RAM watchdog for VS Code developers. Automatically kills runaway Playwright, ESLint, TypeScript language servers, and 20+ other culprits before they freeze your machine.
Features
🤖 AI Memory Coach (powered by OctoPow Lite)
After every kill, AI explains the exact root cause in plain English and gives you a copy-paste fix — not a generic "restart VS Code" suggestion.
- Detects missing tsconfig.exclude covering node_modules/dist
- Flags workspace folders with no .gitignore coverage
- One-click apply — patches tsconfig.json directly from the panel
🛡️ Smart Kill Guard
Never kills mid-commit or mid-test. Reads your git lock file and Playwright state files before firing.
📉 Memory Leak Detector
Tracks per-process RSS over time. Warns you before threshold breach when a process is growing steadily.
📊 Build Impact Score (Teams)
Correlates memory kill events with build slowdowns. Shows exactly how much slower your last build was because tsserver was holding 3.8 GB when Vite started.
🏆 Extension Impact Ranking
Ranks your installed extensions by CPU and memory cost. Identify which extensions are slowing your machine.
⚡ Adaptive Thresholds
Learns your machine's patterns. After 3+ kills of the same process, auto-suggests optimal thresholds.
Platform Support
| Platform | Installation | Daemon |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | bash scripts/vscode-guard-install.sh |
LaunchAgent (auto-start) |
| Windows | .\\scripts\\vscode-guard-install.ps1 |
Task Scheduler |
| Linux | bash scripts/vscode-guard-install.sh |
systemd user service |
Watched Processes
Playwright Chrome/Worker · ESLint · Vite · Jest/Mocha · TypeScript Server · Pylance · GitHub Copilot Agent · Rust Analyzer · Java Language Server · Bun runners · Semgrep · 10+ more
Free vs Teams
| Feature | Free | Teams (Starter+) |
|---|---|---|
| Process kill + status bar | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Memory Coach | ✓ | ✓ |
| Memory Leak Detector | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extension Impact Ranking | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click tsconfig patch | ✓ | ✓ |
| Adaptive Thresholds | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team kill dashboard | — | ✓ |
| Org-wide allowlist | — | ✓ |
| Build Impact Score | — | ✓ |
| Slack/Teams alerts | — | ✓ |
| CI/CD integration | — | ✓ |
Teams features are bundled with OctoApps Developer Intelligence (Starter+, $49.99/mo).
Quick Start
- Install this extension
- Open any project — the watchdog starts immediately
- Click the CPU gauge in the status bar to open the Process Guard panel
- Optional: run the shell installer for the background system daemon
Extension Settings
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
octoapps.apiUrl |
https://www.octoapps.ai/api/v1 |
API base URL |
octoapps.apiKey |
— | Intelligence API key for Teams features |
octoapps.cpuThreshold |
85 |
CPU % to start countdown |
octoapps.ramThresholdMb |
4096 |
RSS in MB to trigger kill |