Chronicle: Turn your chat history into insights

Reynald Adolphe and Vijay Upadya introduce Chronicle, an experimental VS Code feature that stores your GitHub Copilot Chat history locally in SQLite so you can query past sessions, generate standup-style summaries, and get feedback on how you prompt.

Overview

Chronicle is an experimental feature in Visual Studio Code that tracks GitHub Copilot Chat interactions in a local SQLite database. The goal is to help developers turn accumulated chat sessions into something searchable and useful for day-to-day work.

The video covers:

• What Chronicle is and what problems it’s trying to solve
• How to get started with the feature in VS Code
• A demo and Q&A showing how Chronicle can be used to:
  • Generate standup reports from prior Copilot Chat sessions
  • Get personalized tips on prompting
  • Ask questions across every past session (cross-session querying)

Chapters

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:40 What is Chronicle
• 03:30 Getting started
• 06:30 Demo + Q&A
• 18:59 Wrap