GitHub presents a deep dive featuring Vanessa Kalu, illustrating how GitHub Copilot Spaces empowers developers by giving Copilot the right context for more accurate code assistance.

How Copilot Spaces gives your AI the right project context

Presented by Vanessa Kalu, Product Manager at GitHub

GitHub Copilot Spaces enables developers to assemble all the files, repositories, and issues that Copilot needs for precise code suggestions and bug fixes. By leveraging Spaces, developers can provide specific project context to Copilot, making its AI-powered assistance more relevant and effective.

What is GitHub Copilot Spaces?

Spaces are dedicated environments where developers can collect project artifacts Copilot will reference.
Supports organizing files, repositories, and GitHub issues.
Designed to improve the grounding of Copilot’s AI recommendations.

Demo Highlights

Solving Issues with Spaces: Add relevant files and issues to a Space for context-aware Copilot assistance.
Content Flexibility: You can include code files, documentation, and open issues. This makes Copilot’s answers more grounded and actionable.
Pull Request Workflow: Spaces allow you to generate and iterate on pull requests with Copilot supporting context-sensitive suggestions.
Collaboration & IDE Access: Spaces can be shared with team members and accessed through popular IDEs, streamlining team workflows.

Use Cases

Speeding up bug fixes by gathering everything Copilot needs in one place.
Enhancing code reviews with accurate AI context.
Collaborative problem-solving with shared Spaces.

Roadmap and Future

GitHub is exploring expanded use cases and tighter integration with developer workflows to make Copilot Spaces even more valuable.

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