Improve recurring usage of VS Code extension

Created by: ryankscott

Problem to solve

We believe that using our IDE extensions positively impacts user retention and engagement with Sourcegraph. Although we're seeing great installation of our VS Code extension (>1000 users per week), we're not seeing recurring usage:

• Weekly activated users (those completing their first search) is backstage users
• We have chromatic WAUs

This shows that many users don't complete their first search, and those who do often don't come back.

We believe that we can improve our extension so that Sourcegraph is adopted into a developers workflow, driving user engagement.

Relevant feedback

Product Gaps

• N/A

Productboard feedback

• TBC

Analytics

• VS Code usage

Measure of success

• Improve our DAU/MAU from ~5% to 9%
• Improve our 7 day retention from 3.9% to 8%
• Increase the fraction of users who complete their first search from ~30% to 50%

Solution summary

Artifacts:

• https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/30207
  • https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/30267
  • https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/30054
• https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/28311

What specific customers are we iterating on the problem and solution with?

• TO DO

Impact on use cases

Delivery plan

• TO DO