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Smaller prompts, better answers with GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions

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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/f93... 🎙️ Featuring:‪ @rconery‬ #vscode #copilot #githubcopilot ...more
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Smaller prompts, better answers with GitHub Copilot Custom Instructions
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Mar 102025
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/f93... 🎙️ Featuring:‪ @rconery‬ #vscode #copilot #githubcopilot

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