Learn how to create custom chat modes in VS Code for GitHub Copilot to enhance your workflow in large, complex projects with specialized AI configurations.
Introducing the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo - Microsoft for Developers
Today we’re excited to announce the launch of the Awesome GitHub Copilot Customizations repo! The Awesome Copilot repo is a community-driven resource with custom instructions, reusable prompts, and custom chat modes that helps you get consistent AI assistance. In other words, Awesome Copilot helps you get the most out of GitHub Copilot by letting you tailor it […]
VS Code AI Customization - Learn to use custom instructions, prompt files, and custom chat modes to personalize AI code generation, reviews, and chat responses.
VS Code AI Customization: Learn to use custom instructions, prompt files, and custom chat modes to personalize AI code generation, reviews, and chat responses.
GitHub Copilot Custom Prompt Files & Folder Structure for Teams
Discover Rafferty Uy’s guide on structuring GitHub Copilot custom prompt files for team collaboration. Learn best practices and tips for effective prompt engineering.
Before generating SQL statements:
- Understand the relationship between the tables in the database.
- Determine the filtering criteria and conditions for data retrieval.
- Validate the expected outcome of the query.
- Think step-by-step and revalidate before responding.
Smaller prompts, better answers with GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions
Working with GitHub Copilot in VS Code amps out your efficiency as a programmer - but did you know that adding a simple markdown file can boost this efficiency even more, while *also* decreasing the size of your prompt? Custom Instructions can help you and your team do so much more with GitHub Copilot, and @rconery will show you how in this video.
🔎 Chapters:
00:12 Simple, automatic instructions
02:07 Custom Git commit messages
03:26 Customizing Copilot functionality in VS Code
05:00 Going all in with markdown files as instructions
🔗 Links:
Get Copilot: https://aka.ms/get-copilot
Instruction Snippets for JSONC: https://gist.github.com/robconery/f93d016ace16feb7156f9b7905f3f499
🎙️ Featuring: @rconery
#vscode #copilot #githubcopilot
There were a number of announcements at GitHub Universe that impacted VS Code and Copilot users. This is a roundup of those announcements, including the much-anticipated Copilot Edits, Intent Detection, Model Selection, and Code Reviews. We'll also take a look at some of the amazing extensions created by the VS Code team, including using images for prompts with Vision for Copilot, analyzing CSV data with Data Analysis for Copilot, and GitHub Pull Requests.
🔎 Chapters:
00:00 GitHub Universe announcements
00:30 Demo - Copilot Edits
05:30 Demo - Intent Detection
09:06 Demo - Data Analysis for Copilot
10:19 Demo - GitHub Pull Requests Copilot Integration
13:10 Happy Coding
🔗 Links:
https://aka.ms/get-copilot
https://aka.ms/IntroducingCopilotEdits
Featuring: Rob Conery
#vscode #copilot #githubcopilot
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Extension for Visual Studio Code - Use browser or official API integration for OpenAI ChatGPT, GPT3.5, GPT3 and Codex. Create new files & projects with one click. Copilot to learn code, add tests via GPT models. Google LaMDA Bard integration is work-in-progress.