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Customizing GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio with Custom Instructions

Microsoft Visual Studio
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Use GitHub Copilot for free in Visual Studio: https://aka.ms/vs-copilot-free Discover how to get GitHub Copilot up to speed with your team's coding standards and preferences with the Custom Instructions feature. In this video, learn how to enable and configure custom instructions in Visual Studio Copilot settings, use the copilot-instructions.md file to answer questions and generate context-aware responses, and use Copilot inline to check your code against your team's guidelines. Example: https://gist.github.com/jamesmontemag... #GitHubCopilot #VisualStudio #CodingStandards #DeveloperProductivity #CustomInstructions ...more
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Customizing GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio with Custom Instructions
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Feb 192025
Use GitHub Copilot for free in Visual Studio: https://aka.ms/vs-copilot-free Discover how to get GitHub Copilot up to speed with your team's coding standards and preferences with the Custom Instructions feature. In this video, learn how to enable and configure custom instructions in Visual Studio Copilot settings, use the copilot-instructions.md file to answer questions and generate context-aware responses, and use Copilot inline to check your code against your team's guidelines. Example: https://gist.github.com/jamesmontemag... #GitHubCopilot #VisualStudio #CodingStandards #DeveloperProductivity #CustomInstructions

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Microsoft Visual Studio

334K subscribers