This article lists the configuration settings for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. For general information about working with settings in VS Code, refer to User and workspace settings, as well as the Variables reference for information about predefined variable support.
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true).en or fr./runCommand intent in the Chat view to run VS Code commands./new./explain and the active editor has no selection.true)true)false, requires VS Code 1.99 or later)true)true)#codebase in the prompt, Copilot automatically discovers relevant files to be edited.false)false)true)..github/copilot-instructions.md are added to Copilot requests.true to use the default location (.github/prompts), or use the { "/path/to/folder": boolean } notation to specify a different path. Relative paths are resolved from the root folder(s) of your workspace.true to use the default location (.github/instructions), or use the { "/path/to/folder": boolean } notation to specify a different path. Relative paths are resolved from the root folder(s) of your workspace./startDebugging intent in the Chat view to generate debugging configuration.copilot-debug terminal command./setupTests intent and prompting in /tests generation.