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feat: make GitHub Copilot an optional dependency
jd-pr Jul 14, 2025
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chore(merge): merge upstream/main into feat/optional-copilot-dependency
jd-pr Jul 22, 2025
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3 changes: 0 additions & 3 deletions package.json
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Expand Up @@ -63,9 +63,6 @@
"vscode-test": "^1.5.0"
},
"activationEvents": [],
"extensionDependencies": [
"github.copilot-chat"
],
"contributes": {
"viewsContainers": {
"activitybar": [
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20 changes: 15 additions & 5 deletions src/extension.ts
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Expand Up @@ -24,10 +24,20 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
supabase
});

//it's important to use an inline callback here due to scoping issues.
//setting the handler to pg.handle would not work as "this" would not
//be set right.
const participant = vscode.chat.createChatParticipant('supabase.clippy', createChatRequestHandler(supabase));
// Check if GitHub Copilot Chat is available before registering chat participant
const copilotChatExtension = vscode.extensions.getExtension('github.copilot-chat');

if (copilotChatExtension) {
// Only register chat participant if Copilot Chat is available
try {
const participant = vscode.chat.createChatParticipant('supabase.clippy', createChatRequestHandler(supabase));
context.subscriptions.push(participant);
} catch (error) {
console.log('Supabase: Chat features unavailable - GitHub Copilot Chat may not be active', error);
}
} else {
console.log('Supabase: Chat features disabled - GitHub Copilot Chat extension not found');
}

context.subscriptions.push(participant, connectSupabaseView, databaseView);
context.subscriptions.push(connectSupabaseView, databaseView);
}
203 changes: 121 additions & 82 deletions src/utils/chatRequestHandler.ts
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Expand Up @@ -56,70 +56,89 @@ export const createChatRequestHandler = (supabase: SupabaseApi): vscode.ChatRequ
return { metadata: { command: 'show' } };
} else if (request.command === 'migration') {
try {
const [model] = await vscode.lm.selectChatModels(MODEL_SELECTOR);
if (model) {
try {
// Create new migration file (execute supabase migration new copilot).
const migrationName = `copilot`; // TODO: generate from prompt.
const cmd = `${Commands.NEW_MIGRATION} ${migrationName}`;
executeCommand(cmd);

// Get schema context.
const schema = await supabase.getSchema();
// TODO: figure out how to modify the prompt to only generate valid SQL. Currently Copilot generates a markdown response.
const messages = [
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`You're a friendly PostgreSQL assistant called Supabase Clippy, helping with writing database migrations.`
),
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`Please provide help with ${prompt}. The reference database schema for question is ${schema}. IMPORTANT: Be sure you only use the tables and columns from this schema in your answer!`
)
];
const chatResponse = await model.sendRequest(messages, {}, token);
let responseText = '';

for await (const fragment of chatResponse.text) {
stream.markdown(fragment);
responseText += fragment;
}
// Check if language models are available
let models;
try {
models = await vscode.lm.selectChatModels(MODEL_SELECTOR);
} catch (err) {
stream.markdown('⚠️ AI-powered migration generation requires an active GitHub Copilot subscription.\n\n' +
'You can still create migrations manually using:\n' +
'- The "Create new migration" button in the Database view\n' +
'- Running `supabase migration new` in the terminal');
return { metadata: { command: 'migration' } };
}

// Open migration file in editor.
let filePath = await getFilePath();
while (!(await isFileEmpty(filePath))) {
await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
filePath = await getFilePath();
}
if (!models || models.length === 0) {
stream.markdown('⚠️ GitHub Copilot language models are not available.\n\n' +
'Please ensure you have:\n' +
'1. An active GitHub Copilot subscription\n' +
'2. Signed in to GitHub in VS Code\n\n' +
'You can still create migrations manually.');
return { metadata: { command: 'migration' } };
}

const openPath = vscode.Uri.file(filePath);
const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(openPath);
await vscode.window.showTextDocument(doc);
const textEditor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;

// Extract SQL from markdown and write to migration file.
const sql = extractCode(responseText);

if (textEditor) {
for await (const statement of sql) {
await textEditor.edit((edit) => {
const lastLine = textEditor.document.lineAt(textEditor.document.lineCount - 1);
const position = new vscode.Position(lastLine.lineNumber, lastLine.text.length);
edit.insert(position, statement);
});
}
await textEditor.document.save();
}
const [model] = models;
try {
// Create new migration file (execute supabase migration new copilot).
const migrationName = `copilot`; // TODO: generate from prompt.
const cmd = `${Commands.NEW_MIGRATION} ${migrationName}`;
executeCommand(cmd);

// Get schema context.
const schema = await supabase.getSchema();
// TODO: figure out how to modify the prompt to only generate valid SQL. Currently Copilot generates a markdown response.
const messages = [
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`You're a friendly PostgreSQL assistant called Supabase Clippy, helping with writing database migrations.`
),
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`Please provide help with ${prompt}. The reference database schema for question is ${schema}. IMPORTANT: Be sure you only use the tables and columns from this schema in your answer!`
)
];
const chatResponse = await model.sendRequest(messages, {}, token);
let responseText = '';

for await (const fragment of chatResponse.text) {
stream.markdown(fragment);
responseText += fragment;
}

// Render button to apply migration.
stream.markdown('\n\nMake sure to review the migration file before applying it!');
stream.button({
command: 'databaseProvider.db_push',
title: vscode.l10n.t('Apply migration.')
});
} catch (err) {
stream.markdown(
"🤔 I can't find the schema for the database. Please check that `supabase start` is running."
);
// Open migration file in editor.
let filePath = await getFilePath();
while (!(await isFileEmpty(filePath))) {
await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
filePath = await getFilePath();
}

const openPath = vscode.Uri.file(filePath);
const doc = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(openPath);
await vscode.window.showTextDocument(doc);
const textEditor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;

// Extract SQL from markdown and write to migration file.
const sql = extractCode(responseText);

if (textEditor) {
for await (const statement of sql) {
await textEditor.edit((edit) => {
const lastLine = textEditor.document.lineAt(textEditor.document.lineCount - 1);
const position = new vscode.Position(lastLine.lineNumber, lastLine.text.length);
edit.insert(position, statement);
});
}
await textEditor.document.save();
}

// Render button to apply migration.
stream.markdown('\n\nMake sure to review the migration file before applying it!');
stream.button({
command: 'databaseProvider.db_push',
title: vscode.l10n.t('Apply migration.')
});
} catch (err) {
stream.markdown(
"🤔 I can't find the schema for the database. Please check that `supabase start` is running."
);
}
} catch (err) {
handleError(err, stream);
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return { metadata: { command: 'migration' } };
} else {
try {
const [model] = await vscode.lm.selectChatModels(MODEL_SELECTOR);
if (model) {
try {
const schema = await supabase.getSchema();

const messages = [
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`You're a friendly PostgreSQL assistant called Supabase Clippy, helping with writing SQL.`
),
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`Please provide help with ${prompt}. The reference database schema for this question is ${schema}. IMPORTANT: Be sure you only use the tables and columns from this schema in your answer.`
)
];

const chatResponse = await model.sendRequest(messages, {}, token);
for await (const fragment of chatResponse.text) {
stream.markdown(fragment);
}
} catch (err) {
stream.markdown(
"🤔 I can't find the schema for the database. Please check that `supabase start` is running."
);
// Check if language models are available
let models;
try {
models = await vscode.lm.selectChatModels(MODEL_SELECTOR);
} catch (err) {
stream.markdown('⚠️ AI features require an active GitHub Copilot subscription.\n\n' +
'However, you can still use all database management features:\n' +
'- View and explore tables\n' +
'- Create migrations manually\n' +
'- Run database commands\n' +
'- Generate TypeScript types');
return { metadata: { command: '' } };
}

if (!models || models.length === 0) {
stream.markdown('⚠️ GitHub Copilot language models are not available.\n\n' +
'Please ensure you have:\n' +
'1. An active GitHub Copilot subscription\n' +
'2. Signed in to GitHub in VS Code');
return { metadata: { command: '' } };
}

const [model] = models;
try {
const schema = await supabase.getSchema();

const messages = [
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`You're a friendly PostgreSQL assistant called Supabase Clippy, helping with writing SQL.`
),
vscode.LanguageModelChatMessage.User(
`Please provide help with ${prompt}. The reference database schema for this question is ${schema}. IMPORTANT: Be sure you only use the tables and columns from this schema in your answer.`
)
];

const chatResponse = await model.sendRequest(messages, {}, token);
for await (const fragment of chatResponse.text) {
stream.markdown(fragment);
}
} catch (err) {
stream.markdown(
"🤔 I can't find the schema for the database. Please check that `supabase start` is running."
);
}
} catch (err) {
handleError(err, stream);
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