export chat from vscode workspace copilot

export-copilot-chat.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# export-copilot-chat.sh
# Interactive script to list and export VSCode Copilot chat sessions to Markdown

# --- Detect default baseDir depending on OS ---
detect_default_basedir() {
  case "$(uname -s)" in
  Linux)
    echo "$HOME/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage"
    ;;
  Darwin)
    echo "$HOME/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage"
    ;;
  CYGWIN* | MINGW* | MSYS*)
    # Windows Git Bash / WSL
    echo "$(wslpath "$(wslvar APPDATA)")/Code/User/workspaceStorage"
    ;;
  *)
    echo "$HOME/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage"
    ;;
  esac
}

# --- Main ---
baseDir="${1:-$(detect_default_basedir)}"
keyword="$2"

if [[ ! -d "$baseDir" ]]; then
  echo "❌ Base directory not found: $baseDir"
  exit 1
fi

echo "📂 Using base directory: $baseDir"

# 1. Collect sessions (optionally filter by keyword)
sessions=$(rg -l --fixed-strings --glob '*.json' "${keyword:-}" "$baseDir"/*/chatSessions 2>/dev/null |
  xargs -I {} jq -rc '
    try (
      {
        sessionId: .sessionId,
        creationDate: (.creationDate | strftime("%F %T")),
        lastMessageDate: (.lastMessageDate | strftime("%F %T")),
        firstRequest: .requests[0].message.text[:120]
      }
    ) catch empty
  ' {} | jq -s 'sort_by(.lastMessageDate)')

if [[ -z "$sessions" || "$sessions" == "[]" ]]; then
  echo "❌ No sessions found."
  exit 1
fi

# 2. Show sessions in a numbered list
echo "📋 Available sessions:"
echo "$sessions" | jq -r 'to_entries[] | "\(.key+1)) [\(.value.lastMessageDate)] \(.value.sessionId)\n    → \(.value.firstRequest)"'

# 3. Ask user to choose
echo -n "👉 Enter the number of the session to export: "
read choice

sessionId=$(echo "$sessions" | jq -r ".[$((choice - 1))].sessionId")

if [[ -z "$sessionId" || "$sessionId" == "null" ]]; then
  echo "❌ Invalid selection."
  exit 1
fi

# 4. Locate the actual JSON file
targetSession=$(fd -t f "$sessionId.json" "$baseDir"/*/chatSessions)

if [[ -z "$targetSession" ]]; then
  echo "❌ Could not find file for session $sessionId"
  exit 1
fi

# 5. Export to Markdown
outFile="chat-$sessionId.md"
jq -r '
  .requests[]
  | "**Request:**\n" + .message.text
  + "\n\n**Response:**\n" + (.response[0].value // "")
  + "\n\n---\n"
' "$targetSession" >"$outFile"

echo "✅ Exported to $outFile"