Learn how you can customize how GitHub Copilot generates code or tests for your project by defining a set of instructions.

For an overview of the methods you can use to customize GitHub Copilot Chat responses, see About customizing GitHub Copilot Chat responses. About repository custom instructions for …

GitHub Copilot can provide chat responses that are tailored to the way your team works, the tools you use, or the specifics of your project, if you provide it with enough context to do so. Instead …

Sep 10, 2024 · Select Topic Area Question Body I am trying to use the new experimental version github.copilot.chat.experimental.codeGeneration.instructions in VS code and copilot, but I …

github.copilot.chat.reviewSelection.instructions (Preview): A set of instructions that will be added to Copilot requests for reviewing the current editor selection. …

GitHub Copilot has introduced an experimental feature that allows developers to provide Code Generation Instructions. These instructions guide Copilot to generate code that adheres to …

Nov 11, 2024 · This is a boolean value and it instructs GitHub Copilot to look for the copilot-instructions.md in the .github folder. Visual Studio Code instruction file configuration Another …

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

Mar 26, 2025 · Context is all you need: Better AI results with custom instructions March 26, 2025 by Rob Conery, @robconery.com, Burke Holland, @burkeholland Earlier this month, we …

About custom instructions for GitHub Copilot GitHub Copilot can provide chat responses that are tailored to the way your team works, the tools you use, or the specifics of your project, if you …