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Understanding the different modes of Copilot

Understanding the different modes of Copilot

From the course: Unboxing AI: Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot Deep Dive

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Understanding the different modes of Copilot

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In my project, I have a standard setup for a regular dev project. You can see here I have the source folder that has the MCP server that I'm currently building. At the very top here, I also have two folders. I have the GitHub folder and the VS Code folder. In the GitHub folder, I have a ton of extra things happening, and that's what we'll be talking about today. To start, let me just show you what happens when I interact with the agent. To get to the GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code or in GitHub Codespaces, you go up to the top right-hand corner and click on the sidebar button. This brings the secondary sidebar up, that automatically hooks into Copilot. From here, you can chat with Copilot in different modes. You have the agent mode, which is the fully acting agent that will go in and make changes to your files and try to run command line, prompts, and do other things. You have the ask mode where you can just ask questions. So this is the most chat-like experience you can get. You have…

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