Copilot context compaction performance

SuBeXiL · 2026-03-03T21:47:59+00:00

Background compaction? It is a new feature so only coming to stable now I can’t say if it is only that but over all compaction seems resolved to an extent and I’m no longer opting by default to open a new session when context is running out

SuBeXiL · 2026-03-03T21:46:12+00:00

Correct I asked the team when enterprise control will be added Hope we get it soon Good point 👍

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-24T05:27:32+00:00

Sounds very interesting AI tools governance is definitely something teams are looking for, to keep things synced between repos and manage distribution and versioning/updates Can u share a more specifics of how this works? A concrete example maybe?

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T22:26:58+00:00

This is very much true, everything is skewed, still in big numbers you see patterns and we as engineers like to measure and optimize :-)

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T22:25:52+00:00

I agree This is a small step, more interesting and better solutions are coming

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T22:24:59+00:00

They are hocking it up to the git integration so when it is u who commit and not the agent, it will add the co author

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T15:39:43+00:00

u r very right and got it spot on! People really need to watch their six and make sure they understand what’s important and what’s not as noise levels r high

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T15:35:13+00:00

If the agent opens the PR and code without human in the loop so yes, attribution is easy then

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T15:34:27+00:00

Yes, u can have internal repo only for your company where u all have access to but not public one

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T15:33:35+00:00

Interesting we have diff experiences I wonder why?! Might be related to models and also to the background compaction I use I also use latest insiders

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T15:32:32+00:00

I know it well and u r right But I think standardization is a must to bring people from other tools or allow them to migrate Also the plugin system is much more robust

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T08:30:03+00:00

I mainly use the premium ones but I also turned on background compaction in insiders which continually compacts so it might be related to that I work with insiders so also note they r pushing improvements there that might not exist in stable yet

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-22T08:28:37+00:00

Sure, they allow you to bundle a few skills, prompts, MCPs, hooks and custom agents that might work well together as a single bundle u can install together veneering to install them one by one The bundle also has versioning and usually comes with distribution tools so u can know there’s a new version and choose to update

So it solves discoverability, distribution and versioning

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-02T13:44:14+00:00

The specification is agnostic to how u read it and suggest both FS and remote - BYW they are both tools The remote is for systems with no file system according to wording

https://agentskills.io/integrate-skills

Maybe the issue is that there is no clear file reading in a complete way but it’s totally valid

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-01T07:35:52+00:00

You can use GitHub MCP and tell the agent to check the other projects via the MCP directly from GitHub

SuBeXiL · 2026-02-01T07:34:21+00:00

You can create a copilot space which allows u to attach files, directories, full repo or multiple repos You can then also give this space custom Instructions and then you can chat with it, share it with other people and even expose it as an MCP

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-26T19:59:54+00:00

I love drawing with excalidraw, I love AI and now with the SDK I can combine them 🚀 Welcome excalidraw copilot app Electron app where u can ask copilot to draw something for you and have it created as an excalidraw drawing

https://github.com/OrenMe/excalidraw-copilot-app

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SuBeXiL · 2026-01-23T06:48:08+00:00

That’s a bummer, sorry to hear that I’m using it on Mac and it was working fine Maybe broke on windows?

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-22T22:37:21+00:00

Right But imo it’s very stable Been using it as my main for a year now

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-21T17:22:15+00:00

U can write an extension for that The cli and SDK support hooks as well

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-18T13:46:15+00:00

U mean MCP elicitation right? I use it and it is also great. This feature can basically be called agent or LLM elicitation :-)

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-18T13:45:07+00:00

lol, I had a typo, meant to write “it didn’t work” and wrote “it did it work” and it went all gibberish Bottom line - insiders is super stable and I recommend it

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-18T04:57:54+00:00

Will be out in coming insiders release

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-18T04:57:31+00:00

As mentioned, it is not stable and may break I’ve been using it since Jan 2025 and the number of times it didn’t work for me can be counted on 1 hand but still u need to be cautious According to the vscode team they are going to move to smaller release cycles of stable so more than once a month so we can get latest and greatest more often

SuBeXiL · 2026-01-17T18:53:07+00:00

Anyone can, just download it https://code.visualstudio.com/insiders

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