| | --- |
| | title: Using GitHub Copilot to explore issues and discussions |
| | shortTitle: Explore issues and discussions |
| | intro: '{% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat %} can help you quickly gain context of lengthy discussions and issues.' |
| | topics: |
| | - Copilot |
| | versions: |
| | feature: copilot |
| | redirect_from: |
| | - /copilot/tutorials/using-copilot-to-explore-issues-and-discussions |
| | contentType: tutorials |
| | category: |
| | - Scale institutional knowledge |
| | - Author and optimize with Copilot |
| | --- |
| | |
| | ## Introduction |
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| | {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} can help you quickly gain context of lengthy discussions and issues on {% data variables.product.github %}. You can ask {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} to summarize discussions, identify key participants, and provide insights into the status of an issue or discussion. |
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| | The quality of {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %}'s responses may be degraded when working with issues or discussions that have very long bodies or a large number of comments. For example, this may occur if you ask {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} to summarize a long-running discussion. Where this happens, {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} will warn you so you can double check its output. |
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| | ## Exploring issues and discussions |
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| | 1. Navigate to an issue or discussion on {% data variables.product.github %}. |
| | 1. In the top right corner, click the {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} icon (**{% octicon "copilot" aria-label="Copilot icon" %}**) to open {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %}. |
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| | ️{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} will automatically load the content of the issue or discussion as context for your questions. |
| | 1. In the prompt box, type a question and press <kbd>Enter</kbd>. |
| | |
| | {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} responds to your request in the panel. |
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| | > [!TIP] Instead of navigating to an issue or discussion in your browser to ask a question, you can include the relevant URL in your message. For example, `Summarize https://github.com/monalisa/octokit/issues/1`. |
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| | ## Example prompts |
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| | The following prompts are examples of the kind of questions you can ask {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} to help you find out about an issue or discussion. |
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| | ### General questions |
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| | * `Summarize this issue` |
| | * `What is the current status of this discussion?` |
| | * `What are the main points of contention in this issue?` |
| | * `Who are the key participants in this discussion?` |
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| | ### Specific questions |
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| | * `What are the proposed solutions for this issue?` |
| | * `What are the potential impacts of this issue?` |
| | * `What are the next steps for this discussion?` |
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| | ## Further reading |
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| | * [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/tutorials/using-copilot-to-explore-a-codebase#further-reading) |
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