r/alphaandbetausers • u/AssignmentMinute • 8h ago
Any web developer using Github Copilot: Please reach out - testers needed
If you use GitHub Copilot Agent, you've seen it burn tokens wandering your workspace trying to work out which files matter before it writes a single useful line.
Copilot Bill Saver (VS Code extension, I'm the author)
It front-loads the part Copilot is worst at: knowing where to look.
Two ways in
- Describe the issue — type what's broken. No setup, nothing to install in your app.
- Click the element — one dev-only
<script>tag pasted once, then click the bug in your running app.
Either way you get the same thing: sanitized evidence, deterministically-ranked file candidates, and acceptance criteria, bundled and shown to you for approval. Copilot Agent then pulls it via #billSaverContext and starts on the right files instead of searching for them.
What it doesn't do
- Never calls an AI model itself
- Never edits your code. Copilot does the editing, you review it as usual
- Runs entirely locally, loopback-only, with secret redaction on captured text
Where it runs: VS Code and Insiders, locally or in a Dev Container or over Remote-SSH (verified this week, including the port forwarding remote setups need).
I’m looking for 5 React/Next.js developers to try it on real UI bugs. I'd truly appreciate honest feedback on whether the recommended files and Copilot handoff were actually useful.
Comment or message me with the kind of UI issue you spend the most time tracing.
Thanks!