Use multiple premium requests if needed - don't stop so often

[paq85]

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Is there any way to make the VS Code GitHub Copilot just use another premium request, just to have the work done, instead of having me type "continue"?

I don't expect a single premium request to solve everything, as it would be way to costly for GitHub, but it would be freaking awesome if I could somehow let the Copilot to just use as many premium requests as it needs (with some limit set by me).

[Dbz-Mahin7x]

You can actually automate this! VS Code recently introduced settings to allow Copilot to 'auto-approve' certain actions and continue iterations automatically.

​To enable this:

1.Open your Settings (Ctrl + ,).

2.Search for chat.autopilot.enabled and ensure it is set to true.

3.For even more automation (the 'YOLO' mode), you can add these to your settings.json:

"chat.tools.global.autoApprove": true,
"chat.agent.maxRequests": 100
Note: Increasing maxRequests tells Copilot it can use more of your premium request quota in a single run without stopping to ask you.

[paq85]

I've seen that one, but was not sure if it will solve that ... I already had it at 50... I will set 500 and see if that helps and I will write an update. Thanks!

[Markosjr]

No official auto-continue for premium requests yet (to protect your quota), but you can crank up chat.agent.maxRequests in VS Code settings to 100+ and enable chat.tools.autoApprove - gets you much closer to hands-off. Still need occasional "continue" clicks though.

Workaround some use: unofficial extensions that auto-click Continue button, but risky with updates.