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Github Copilot​

Commands​

  • @workspace
  • /doc
  • /explain
  • /fix
  • /generate
  • /optimize
  • /tests
  • Start chatting with copilot - Opt + Cmd + I (chat with copilot)

Help​

You can ask me general programming questions, or chat with the following participants which have specialized expertise and can perform actions:

  • @workspace - Ask about your workspace
    • /explain - Explain how the code in your active editor works
    • /tests - Generate unit tests for the selected code
    • /fix - Propose a fix for the problems in the selected code
    • /new - Scaffold code for a new file or project in a workspace
    • /newNotebook - Create a new Jupyter Notebook
    • /fixTestFailure - Propose a fix for the failing test
    • /setupTests - Set up tests in your project (Experimental)
  • @vscode - Ask questions about VS Code
    • /search - Generate query parameters for workspace search
    • /startDebugging - Generate launch config and start debugging in VS Code (Experimental)
  • @terminal - Ask how to do something in the terminal
    • /explain - Explain something in the terminal
  • @github - Get answers grounded in web search, code search, and your enterprise's knowledge bases

You can also help me understand your question by using the following variables to give me extra context:

  • #editor - The visible source code in the active editor
  • #selection - The current selection in the active editor
  • #terminalLastCommand - The active terminal's last run command
  • #terminalSelection - The active terminal's selection
  • #file - Choose a file in the workspace

To have a great conversation, ask me questions as if I was a real programmer:

  • Show me the code you want to talk about by having the files open and selecting the most important lines.
  • Make refinements by asking me follow-up questions, adding clarifications, providing errors, etc.
  • Review my suggested code and tell me about issues or improvements, so I can iterate on it.

You can also ask me questions about your editor selection by starting an inline chat session (⌘I).

Free tier​

  • 2,000 intelligent code completions a month: Get context-aware code suggestions that draw context from your GitHub projects and VS Code workspace.
  • 50 Copilot Chat messages a month: Ask Copilot for help understanding code, refactoring something, or debugging an issue.
  • Choose your AI model: Pick between Claude 3.5 Sonnet or OpenAI GPT-4o.
  • Make changes to multiple files with Copilot Edits: Tackle changes across multiple files with Copilot Edits.
  • Support for the Copilot Extensions ecosystem: Access third-party agents designed for tasks such as querying Stack Overflow or searching the web with Perplexity.
  • Choose where you build: Enjoy support in VS Code and across GitHub.

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