Premium requests disappear quietly
Ordinary completions are one thing, but the stronger models draw from a separate premium request allowance, and that allowance drains while you are simply working. There is no meter in the editor, so the usual way to discover the number is to go looking for your billing page, which nobody does weekly.
The result is a quota that feels fine right up until it does not, typically in the middle of the week when you were relying on the better model.
What Pane shows you
Premium requests remaining as a percentage bar with the reset date, refreshed automatically.
Pace projection that flags when your current rate will empty the quota before it turns over, with an optional Windows notification.
A live tray number if you star it, so the figure sits next to your clock permanently.
Everything else beside it. Copilot shares the popover with Claude, Codex, Cursor and 17 more, so you can see which tool is actually carrying your week.
How it connects to Copilot
Pane uses the Copilot login your editor already holds, or the GitHub token the GitHub CLI keeps in Windows Credential Manager, and calls GitHub's own API. There is nothing to create and nothing to paste. Your token goes to GitHub and nowhere else, and no Pane server sits in between.
Setting it up
- Install Pane with
winget install paneor the installer from the releases page. - Click the tray icon. If you are signed into Copilot in an editor, or signed in with
gh auth login, the card is already live. - Star the premium request metric to pin it into the tray.
The rest of your stack
Questions
How do I check my GitHub Copilot premium requests?
Install Pane. It uses your Copilot editor login or the token the GitHub CLI stores in Windows Credential Manager, calls the GitHub API, and shows your remaining premium request quota in the tray.
Why do premium requests run out so quietly?
Premium requests are consumed by the stronger models behind the scenes, so the count moves while you work normally and there is no meter in the editor. Pane makes the remaining percentage visible and warns you when your pace will exhaust it early.
Does Pane need a GitHub token I have to create?
No. It uses the Copilot login your editor already has, or the GitHub CLI credential already stored on your PC. Nothing is pasted and the token only goes to GitHub's own API.