Fast, compact VS Code status for AI-assisted work:
24w87L~420t G+156−42 9f 🤖 3
24w: words in the selection87L~420t: lines and estimated tokens in the selected text, or the whole active file when nothing is selected; oversized files show only87LG+156−42 9f: Git lines added, removed, and files changed🤖 3: active Codex, Claude Code, Cursor Agent, or Pi sessions in the workspace
Copy locations
The editor context menu and Command Palette provide:
- Copy Location: copies an absolute file path plus the active line or selected line range, such as
/workspace/src/file.ts:123-456. - Copy Relative Location: copies the same location relative to its workspace, such as
src/file.ts:123-456.
Performance
Editor and Git updates are event-driven and debounced. Git results are cached per repository, only changed repositories are scanned, inactive fallback polling backs off adaptively, and at most two scans run at once. Agent scans never overlap. Active commands stop when VS Code loses focus.
Settings
| Setting | Default | Range |
|---|---|---|
aiStatusbar.gitUpdateIntervalMs |
1000 |
250–60000 |
aiStatusbar.agentUpdateIntervalMs |
5000 |
1000–60000 |
aiStatusbar.maximumFullDocumentTokenEstimateCharacters |
1000000 |
0–100000000 |
Higher update intervals reduce Git and agent polling. Changes apply without reloading VS Code.
The character limit bounds full-document token-estimation work. Estimates are omitted when the file exceeds aiStatusbar.maximumFullDocumentTokenEstimateCharacters; set it to 0 to disable them. Line counts remain visible, and selected-text metrics are always calculated exactly.
Limits
Git and process commands run only in trusted, local-file workspaces. Multi-root workspaces are combined.
The extension uses VS Code's Git API when available. Its fallback scans only top-level workspace folders. Untracked files count as changed files, but not as added lines. Binary files report zero changed lines. Large command output is limited to protect the extension host.
Agent detection uses ps and /proc on Linux, lsof on macOS, and PowerShell on Windows. Processes that cannot be tied to the workspace are ignored.
Install locally
Requires Node.js 22 or newer.
npm ci
npm run package:vsix -- --out /tmp/ai-statusbar.vsix
code --install-extension /tmp/ai-statusbar.vsix
Publish
The extension ID is tngo.ai-statusbar. See AGENTS.md for the complete manual publishing workflow.
Development
npm install
npm run check
npm run build