Add basic project wide dashboard

Author: mjbvz

package.json

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
 		"onFileSystem:githubcommit",
 		"onFileSystem:review",
 		"onWebviewPanel:IssueOverview",
-		"onWebviewPanel:PullRequestOverview"
+		"onWebviewPanel:PullRequestOverview",
+		"onWebviewPanel:github-pull-request.tasksDashboard"
 	],
 	"browser": "./dist/browser/extension",
 	"l10n": "./dist/browser/extension",
@@ -766,6 +767,11 @@
 					"type": "boolean",
 					"default": false,
 					"description": "%githubIssues.alwaysPromptForNewIssueRepo.description%"
+				},
+				"githubIssues.taskDashboard.query": {
+					"type": "string",
+					"default": "is:open assignee:@me milestone:\"September 2025\"",
+					"description": "The GitHub query to use for the task dashboard"
 				}
 			}
 		},
@@ -872,17 +878,11 @@
 		},
 		"commands": [
 			{
-				"command": "pr.openDashboard",
-				"title": "%command.pr.openDashboard.title%",
+				"command": "pr.openTasksDashboard",
+				"title": "%command.pr.openTasksDashboard.title%",
 				"category": "%command.pull.request.category%",
 				"icon": "$(dashboard)"
 			},
-			{
-				"command": "pr.createDashboard",
-				"title": "%command.pr.createDashboard.title%",
-				"category": "%command.pull.request.category%",
-				"icon": "$(new-file)"
-			},
 			{
 				"command": "githubpr.remoteAgent",
 				"title": "%command.githubpr.remoteAgent.title%",
@@ -1802,17 +1802,6 @@
 				"category": "%command.pull.request.category%"
 			}
 		],
-		"customEditors": [
-			{
-				"viewType": "github.tasksEditor",
-				"displayName": "%customEditor.github.tasks.displayName%",
-				"selector": [
-					{
-						"filenamePattern": "*.github-tasks"
-					}
-				]
-			}
-		],
 		"languages": [
 			{
 				"id": "json",
@@ -4354,4 +4343,4 @@
 		"string_decoder": "^1.3.0"
 	},
 	"license": "MIT"
-}
+}

package.nls.json

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 	"view.github.active.pull.request.name": "Review Pull Request",
 	"view.github.active.pull.request.welcome.name": "Active Pull Request",
 	"command.pull.request.category": "GitHub Pull Requests",
-	"command.pr.openDashboard.title": "Open Dashboard",
+	"command.pr.openTasksDashboard.title": "Open Dashboard",
 	"command.pr.createDashboard.title": "Create Dashboard",
 	"customEditor.github.tasks.displayName": "GitHub Tasks Editor",
 	"command.githubpr.remoteAgent.title": "Remote agent integration",
@@ -416,4 +416,4 @@
 	"languageModelTools.github-pull-request_openPullRequest.description": "Get information about the open GitHub pull request. This information includes: comments, files changed, pull request title + description, pull request state, and pull request status checks/CI.",
 	"languageModelTools.github-pull-request_copilot-coding-agent.displayName": "Copilot coding agent",
 	"languageModelTools.github-pull-request_copilot-coding-agent.userDescription": "Completes the provided task using an asynchronous coding agent. Use when the user wants copilot continue completing a task in the background or asynchronously. Launch an autonomous GitHub Copilot agent to work on coding tasks in the background. The agent will create a new branch, implement the requested changes, and open a pull request with the completed work."
-}
+}

src/commands.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { PullRequestModel } from './github/pullRequestModel';
 import { PullRequestOverviewPanel } from './github/pullRequestOverview';
 import { chooseItem } from './github/quickPicks';
 import { RepositoriesManager } from './github/repositoriesManager';
+import { TasksDashboardManager } from './github/tasksDashboard';
 import { getIssuesUrl, getPullsUrl, isInCodespaces, ISSUE_OR_URL_EXPRESSION, parseIssueExpressionOutput, vscodeDevPrLink } from './github/utils';
 import { OverviewContext } from './github/views';
 import { isNotificationTreeItem, NotificationTreeItem } from './notifications/notificationItem';
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ export function registerCommands(
 	telemetry: ITelemetry,
 	tree: PullRequestsTreeDataProvider,
 	copilotRemoteAgentManager: CopilotRemoteAgentManager,
+	tasksDashboard: TasksDashboardManager,
 ) {
 	const logId = 'RegisterCommands';
 	context.subscriptions.push(
@@ -1130,92 +1132,8 @@ export function registerCommands(
 	));
 
 	context.subscriptions.push(
-		vscode.commands.registerCommand('pr.openDashboard', async () => {
-			/* __GDPR__
-				"pr.openDashboard" : {}
-			*/
-			telemetry.sendTelemetryEvent('pr.openDashboard');
-
-			// Look for existing .github-tasks files in the workspace
-			const workspaceFolders = vscode.workspace.workspaceFolders;
-			if (workspaceFolders && workspaceFolders.length > 0) {
-				// Search for existing dashboard files
-				const dashboardFiles = await vscode.workspace.findFiles('**/*.github-tasks', '**/node_modules/**', 10);
-
-				if (dashboardFiles.length > 0) {
-					// If we found existing files, let user choose or open the first one
-					if (dashboardFiles.length === 1) {
-						const document = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(dashboardFiles[0]);
-						await vscode.window.showTextDocument(document);
-						return;
-					} else {
-						// Multiple files found, let user choose
-						const items = dashboardFiles.map(uri => ({
-							label: vscode.workspace.asRelativePath(uri),
-							uri: uri
-						}));
-
-						const selected = await vscode.window.showQuickPick(items, {
-							placeHolder: 'Select a dashboard file to open'
-						});
-
-						if (selected) {
-							const document = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(selected.uri);
-							await vscode.window.showTextDocument(document);
-							return;
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			// No existing files found or user didn't select one, create a new one
-			// Import here to avoid circular dependencies
-			const { GitHubTasksEditorProvider } = await import('./github/githubTasksEditorProvider');
-
-			const defaultContent = GitHubTasksEditorProvider.createDefaultDocument();
-			const saveUri = await vscode.window.showSaveDialog({
-				defaultUri: vscode.Uri.file('dashboard.github-tasks'),
-				filters: {
-					'GitHub Tasks': ['github-tasks'],
-					'All Files': ['*']
-				}
-			});
-
-			if (saveUri) {
-				const encoder = new TextEncoder();
-				await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(saveUri, encoder.encode(defaultContent));
-				const savedDocument = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(saveUri);
-				await vscode.window.showTextDocument(savedDocument);
-			}
-		})
-	);
-
-	context.subscriptions.push(
-		vscode.commands.registerCommand('pr.createDashboard', async () => {
-			/* __GDPR__
-				"pr.createDashboard" : {}
-			*/
-			telemetry.sendTelemetryEvent('pr.createDashboard');
-
-			// Import here to avoid circular dependencies
-			const { GitHubTasksEditorProvider } = await import('./github/githubTasksEditorProvider');
-
-			// Create a new dashboard file
-			const defaultContent = GitHubTasksEditorProvider.createDefaultDocument();
-			const saveUri = await vscode.window.showSaveDialog({
-				defaultUri: vscode.Uri.file('dashboard.github-tasks'),
-				filters: {
-					'GitHub Tasks': ['github-tasks'],
-					'All Files': ['*']
-				}
-			});
-
-			if (saveUri) {
-				const encoder = new TextEncoder();
-				await vscode.workspace.fs.writeFile(saveUri, encoder.encode(defaultContent));
-				const savedDocument = await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument(saveUri);
-				await vscode.window.showTextDocument(savedDocument);
-			}
+		vscode.commands.registerCommand('pr.openTasksDashboard', async () => {
+			tasksDashboard.showOrCreateDashboard();
 		})
 	);
 

src/extension.ts

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import { createExperimentationService, ExperimentationTelemetry } from './experi
 import { CopilotRemoteAgentManager } from './github/copilotRemoteAgent';
 import { CredentialStore } from './github/credentials';
 import { FolderRepositoryManager } from './github/folderRepositoryManager';
-import { GitHubTasksEditorProvider } from './github/githubTasksEditorProvider';
 import { OverviewRestorer } from './github/overviewRestorer';
 import { RepositoriesManager } from './github/repositoriesManager';
+import { TasksDashboardManager } from './github/tasksDashboard';
 import { registerBuiltinGitProvider, registerLiveShareGitProvider } from './gitProviders/api';
 import { GitHubContactServiceProvider } from './gitProviders/GitHubContactServiceProvider';
 import { GitLensIntegration } from './integrations/gitlens/gitlensImpl';
@@ -230,21 +230,10 @@ async function init(
 
 	context.subscriptions.push(new PRNotificationDecorationProvider(tree.notificationProvider));
 
-	registerCommands(context, reposManager, reviewsManager, telemetry, tree, copilotRemoteAgentManager);
+	const tasksDashboard = new TasksDashboardManager(context, reposManager, copilotRemoteAgentManager, telemetry);
+	context.subscriptions.push(tasksDashboard);
 
-	// Register the GitHub Tasks custom editor provider
-	const githubTasksEditorProvider = new GitHubTasksEditorProvider(context, reposManager, copilotRemoteAgentManager, telemetry);
-	context.subscriptions.push(
-		vscode.window.registerCustomEditorProvider(
-			GitHubTasksEditorProvider.viewType,
-			githubTasksEditorProvider,
-			{
-				webviewOptions: {
-					retainContextWhenHidden: true,
-				},
-			}
-		)
-	);
+	registerCommands(context, reposManager, reviewsManager, telemetry, tree, copilotRemoteAgentManager, tasksDashboard);
 
 	const layout = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration(PR_SETTINGS_NAMESPACE).get<string>(FILE_LIST_LAYOUT);
 	await vscode.commands.executeCommand('setContext', 'fileListLayout:flat', layout === 'flat');