[FEATURE] VS Code extension: option to preserve user-provided conversation titles instead of auto-generating

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Problem Statement

A recent update to the VS Code extension introduced automatic conversation titling that summarizes the first message. Previously, the conversation title would reflect what the user typed, which allowed for intentional naming conventions.

I use a workflow where I prefix every conversation with a story/ticket ID (e.g., RL-3: implement detail offset tabs). This makes it easy to find and group conversations by work item in the history panel. The auto-titling feature now overwrites this with a generated summary, breaking that workflow.

Proposed Solution

One or more of the following:

• A setting to disable auto-titling — let the title default to the first N characters of the first message (the previous behavior)

• A setting to customize the title prompt — e.g., "preserve any ticket/story ID prefix from the user's first message"

• Respect explicit naming patterns — if the first message starts with a recognizable prefix like XX-123:, treat that as an intentional title

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

Other

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