content/copilot/concepts/context/spaces.md

---
title: About GitHub Copilot Spaces
shortTitle: Spaces
intro: Understand how organizing and sharing context with {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} can improve your {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_dotcom_short %} results and help your collaborators.
permissions: Anyone with a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}.
versions:
  feature: copilot
topics:
  - Copilot
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  - /copilot/using-github-copilot/copilot-spaces/about-organizing-and-sharing-context-with-copilot-spaces
  - /copilot/concepts/about-organizing-and-sharing-context-with-copilot-spaces
  - /copilot/concepts/spaces
  - /copilot/concepts/context/knowledge-bases
  - /copilot/how-tos/provide-context/use-knowledge-bases
  - /copilot/how-tos/provide-context/create-knowledge-bases
contentType: concepts
category:
  - Learn about Copilot
---

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} let you organize the context that {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} uses to answer your questions. {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} can include repositories, code, pull requests, issues, free-text content like transcripts or notes, images, and file uploads. You can ask {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} questions grounded in that context, or share the space with your team, or share publicly, to support collaboration and knowledge sharing.

## Why use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %}?

Whether you’re working solo or collaborating across a team, {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} help you make {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} more useful.

With {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} you can:

* Get more relevant, specific answers from {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}.
* Stay in flow by collecting what you need for a task in one place.
* Reduce repeated questions by sharing knowledge with your team.
* Support onboarding and reuse with self-service context that lives beyond chat history.

Your spaces stay in sync as your project evolves. {% data variables.product.github %} files and other {% data variables.product.github %}-based sources added to a space are automatically updated as they change, making {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} an evergreen expert in your project.

## Who can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}?

Anyone with a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license, including {% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %}, can create and use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}.

## Who can I share {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} with?

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} can belong to a personal account or to an organization, and the sharing options differ depending on who the space belongs to.

### Organization-owned spaces

Organization-owned spaces can be shared with other organization members, and you decide which level of access you want to grant other members (admin, editor, viewer).

Alternatively, you can choose to grant "No access" to organization members, and keep the space hidden.

### Individual-owned spaces

Spaces belonging to a personal account can be shared publicly, shared with specific {% data variables.product.github %} users, or kept private to the person who created the space.

Publicly shared spaces are view-only by default.

Viewers can only see sources that they have access to.

Eligibility to create or use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} is user-based and depends on the organization that grants the user a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} seat. Currently, the system does not block the creation of a space under an organization that has not configured {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}, or has {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} disabled. This means users can create spaces in such organizations if their {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} seat comes from another organization where {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} are enabled.

## Where can I use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}?

You can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} in {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_dotcom_short %}. You can also leverage {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} in your IDE, using the {% data variables.product.github %} MCP server in your IDE to access context from your spaces.

## How does using {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} affect my usage?

Questions you submit in a space count as {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %} requests.

* If you're a {% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %} user, this usage counts toward your monthly chat limit.
* If you use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} with a premium model, this usage counts toward your premium usage quota. Every question you submit to a premium model counts as one premium request, multiplied by the model's multiplier. For information about the multipliers applied to each model, see [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/managing-copilot/understanding-and-managing-copilot-usage/understanding-and-managing-requests-in-copilot#model-multipliers).

## Next steps

To start using {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}, see [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/how-tos/provide-context/use-copilot-spaces/create-copilot-spaces).