GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot Chat telemetry is captured via VS Code settings configuration.

Automatic Setup

flowstate-telemetry install --tool copilot-chat

This configures OTel settings in your VS Code settings.json.

Manual Setup

Add to your VS Code settings.json (open via Cmd+Shift+P → "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)"):

{
  "github.copilot.chat.otel.endpoint": "https://otel.flowstate.inc",
  "github.copilot.chat.otel.headers": "x-flowstate-key=YOUR_TELEMETRY_KEY"
}

To enable prompt capture:

{
  "github.copilot.chat.otel.captureContent": true
}

What Gets Captured

Event	OTel Name	Data Collected
Chat request	copilot_chat.* / gen_ai.*	Model, tokens
Token usage	gen_ai.client.token.usage (metric)	Input/output token counts
Session count	copilot_chat.session.count (metric)	Session boundaries
Chat span	chat (trace)	Request duration
Tool execution	execute_tool (trace)	Tool name, duration

Limitations

• Token counts come from both log records and metrics (deduplicated by timestamp)
• Inline completions (ghost text) are not currently tracked — only Copilot Chat