Asking a side question in GitHub Copilot CLI

During a CLI session, you can ask Copilot a question without adding the prompt, or the answer, to your conversation history.

누가 이 기능을 사용할 수 있나요?

GitHub Copilot CLI 는 모든 Copilot 계획에서 사용할 수 있습니다. 조직으로부터 Copilot를 수신하는 경우, 조직의 설정에서 Copilot CLI 정책이 사용하도록 설정되어야 합니다.

이 기사에서

During an interactive Copilot CLI session, you can use the /ask slash command to ask a quick side question and see the answer in a separate dialog. Copilot uses the current conversation as context when it is available, but cannot use tools to answer the question.

You can use /ask while Copilot is currently working on a task. The question and answer are not added to the conversation history, so you should use a normal prompt instead if you want them to become part of the conversation.

The /ask command is not available for remote sessions.

Asking a quick question

  1. In a local interactive session, enter /ask followed by your question.

    For example:

    Copilot prompt
    /ask What does the previous response mean by "idempotent"?

    참고

    /btw is an alias for /ask. You can use either command to ask a side question.

    Copilot answers your question in a dialog, separate from the main conversation.

  2. To cancel an answer that is still being generated, or to dismiss a completed answer, press Esc.

The dialog does not have an input field for follow-up questions. To ask another question, dismiss the dialog and enter another /ask YOUR-QUESTION command.

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