Feb 26, 2025 · Use slash commands, references, and threads to form better questions and get better answers with scoped context in GitHub Copilot Chat.

Accomplishing specific tasks with keywords and skills. Copilot Chat has built-in keywords and skills designed to provide important context for prompts and accomplish common tasks …

For example, the GitHub MCP server allows you to use Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code to perform tasks on GitHub. You can also use MCP to create new tools and services that work …

About context passing GitHub Copilot Extensions can access certain contextual information using context passing. Context passing allows agents to receive relevant details about a user’s …

Oct 4, 2023 · GitHub Copilot analyzes the context in the file you are editing, as well as related files, and offers suggestions from within your text editor. GitHub Copilot is powered by a …

Interact with GitHub Copilot through AI-powered chat conversations in VS Code to generate code, increase your code understanding, and even configure your editor.

Custom instructions for GitHub Copilot in VS Code You can enhance Copilot's chat responses by providing it with contextual details about your team's workflow, tools, or project specifics. …

Mar 29, 2023 · Hi @nikitakunevich , Copilot draws context from the code editor. It does not need access to your repositories. The code context sent to the model is commonly called a …

Mar 25, 2024 · GitHub Copilot looks at the current open files in your editor to analyze the context, create a prompt that gets sent to the server, and return an appropriate suggestion.

How does @workspace find the most relevant context Your full VS Code workspace can be too large to pass entirely to GitHub Copilot for responding to your chat prompt. Instead, …