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--- copilot_cheat_sheet [2025/07/12 02:00] – stephen
+++ copilot_cheat_sheet [2025/08/15 02:17] (current) – stephen
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 ====== Copilot Cheat Sheet ======
-  * **Custom Instructions** Agent Mode -> Settings (Cog icon) -> Generate Instructions
+  * **Custom Instructions** Copilot window -> Settings (Cog icon, top right) -> Generate Instructions
   * **Pause Code Completions** Copilot icon (bottom right) -> Snooze.
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   * Terminal Command Allow / Deny List: Extensions -> GitHub Copilot Chat -> Experimental, allow list, deny list.
+===== Custom Chat Modes =====
+  * **Create** Agent Mode -> Settings (Cog icon) -> Modes -> Create new custom chat mode file... -> ''.github/chatmodes'' -> [name]
+  * **Switch** Copilot window -> Mode dropdown (bottom left) -> [whatever]
+Get some standard ones [[https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot?tab=readme-ov-file#-custom-chat-modes|here]].
+===== Example Prompts =====
+| ''@vscode how do I enable MCP?'' | Chat participants - Ask VS Code something. |
+| ''@github My username is 'stephen-heise_xero'. What PRs do I have open?'' | Chat participants - Ask GitHub something. |
+| ''#codebase what version of node is being used?'' | Include the whole code base into the context. |
+| ''/prompt_file'' | Run a prompt file (typically in ''.github\prompts'' or ''C:\Users\StephenHeise\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\prompts'') |