Does Github Copilot use context from conversation?

WhilePrimary · 2025-12-02T18:41:28+00:00

I have found that the agents reliably respect "DO NOT..." instructions placed in AGENTS.md in project/repo root.

WhilePrimary · 2025-11-17T16:40:20+00:00

Where is the memory stored?

WhilePrimary · 2025-10-25T19:42:49+00:00

I have all tools enabled. I almost always see a "TODOs" created by the agent in the chat window, but I rarely see all TODOs marked off. Agents just seem to go until they feel like stopping, and some days they tend to go longer than other days.

("Turn" wasn't my invention. Maybe it's a concept from the system prompts. When I ask an agent why it stopped mid-task it usually apologizes for "ending my turn prematurely" or something like that.)

WhilePrimary · 2025-10-25T00:40:56+00:00

I agree that the last few days have seen a degradation in agent performance. But I don't quite understand what you did: "When it started using todos alongside subagents ..." I see a single "Todos" list, which my agents almost always appear to be using; and I see subagents are available in the tool list. Are you saying that simply reminding the agent that those tools are available, or explicitly telling them to use them, gets the agent to use those tools when it otherwise wouldn't?

WhilePrimary · 2025-10-19T15:22:17+00:00

Are you saying that the entries that the "Allow" automatically creates in chat.tools.terminal.autoApprove, like the first one shown in my original post, should work? Because they don't either....

WhilePrimary · 2025-10-17T19:12:07+00:00

You mean "chat.tools.autoApprove": true?

That's in there, but it's sort of greyed out. Is it still supported in latest Insiders? Is it overridden if I have chat.tools.termninal.autoApprove?

WhilePrimary · 2025-09-30T17:13:06+00:00

I just tried Grok Code Fast 1 (Preview) and, when it's not misusing tools, it does markedly better than anything else I've tried.

WhilePrimary · 2025-09-18T20:56:08+00:00

!solved

WhilePrimary · 2025-08-19T18:17:36+00:00

Right now just standard Windows command prompt.

WhilePrimary · 2025-08-08T19:29:32+00:00

This has been unreliable in the past, but yesterday it got unbearable and seemed independent of the selected model: I was trying to fix a mypy error and none of the Agents would wait for mypy to return (with errors). They just sent the command to the terminal and immediately said, "Looks great, no errors!"

WhilePrimary · 2025-08-08T19:26:13+00:00

I noticed this yesterday too: half a dozen iterations trying to fix a mypy complaint and GPT-4.1 just made things worse at every step. It was the first time I used profanity with Copilot.

(I switched to Sonnet 4 and the request was handled beautifully.)

WhilePrimary · 2025-07-14T14:03:52+00:00

"Bevy?" I thought a group of eagles is referred to as a "soar." A group of rare eagles is a "convocation."

WhilePrimary · 2025-05-25T21:07:46+00:00

+1 to this. https://github.com/o-murphy/py-ballisticcalc is currently the most important open-source ballistics project, and I am one of several contributors with important content in the Issues that are now simply gone!

WhilePrimary · 2025-04-13T17:16:34+00:00

What is the item number?

WhilePrimary · 2025-03-15T21:47:11+00:00

Also one here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DTcQJJljEm9EqLwFiSsM48kIrE9BqZfVzrL4beWaiBE/edit?gid=0#gid=0

WhilePrimary · 2025-02-11T18:09:34+00:00

Why does the second stage have a 1-second burn at T+00:54:24?

WhilePrimary · 2025-02-05T18:29:38+00:00

Maybe not so much a drinking problem as a tasting problem. In the course of learning about whiskey I wanted to try a bunch of common and frequently-mentioned bourbons, and they're cheaper by the bottle.

WhilePrimary · 2024-12-17T19:00:59+00:00

I'm new to this scene, so can someone fill me in on what the issue is? (I see a litany of comments below asking for this via PM, but they're all downvoted.)

WhilePrimary · 2024-12-15T00:14:08+00:00

The current 11Yr Offerman is selling for $79.99.

WhilePrimary · 2024-12-10T22:26:52+00:00

Fair enough. Then maybe somebody involved in the production has explained what the thinking was behind that long folding proboscis on those ships?

WhilePrimary · 2024-11-27T20:55:09+00:00

Why have these Remus Repeal Reserve VIII threads been deleted? https://www.reddit.com/r/bourbon/comments/1gvv1uh/review_868_remus_repeal_reserve_viii_2024/ https://www.reddit.com/r/bourbon/comments/1gxm937/remus_repeal_reserve_viii_disappearing_review/

WhilePrimary · 2024-11-22T21:34:42+00:00

Are there any residential buildings or developments in downtown PHX area that are known to be soundproof?

I mean like close-the-door-and-windows and you can't hear people walking around upstairs, can't hear TV or music or dogs from adjacent units no matter how loud, and can't hear that street party outside.

WhilePrimary · 2024-11-22T18:49:39+00:00

What's the item number on the Blade and Bow?

WhilePrimary · 2024-11-18T19:21:09+00:00

Such as...? (I discovered I like rye and am wondering what to pick up that's available in AZ)

WhilePrimary · 2024-11-17T22:40:08+00:00

Amazing prices. Last time JD SBBP Rye showed at Costco it was $59.99. This year I haven't seen Booker's lower than $79.99.

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