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I Built a VS Code Extension That Lets You Control GitHub Copilot From Your Phone — And People Are Loving It

DEV Community·Atul Srivastava·21 days ago
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The "Aha" Moment That Started Everything Three months ago, I gave GitHub Copilot agent mode a massive refactoring task — rewrite an entire auth module across 12 files. I hit Enter. Walked to the kitchen. Made chai. Came back 40 minutes later. The agent had stopped after 2 minutes and 38 seconds. It was waiting for me to type "Yes, proceed." 38 minutes. Gone. Just like that. I stared at my screen and thought: "This is the most powerful coding tool ever built... and it's useless the moment I stand up." That's when I started building Copilot Remote Control . What Is It? Copilot Remote Control is a VS Code extension that streams your entire Copilot agent session to your phone in real time. When the agent pauses and asks "Should I proceed?" — your phone buzzes. You glance at it, tap "yes," pocket it, and keep walking. The agent never stops. You never have to be at your desk. That's it. That's the whole product.…

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