Cheat Sheet

GitHub Copilot

Your AI pair programmer

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Inline Completions

TabAccept suggestion (ghost text)

EscapeDismiss suggestion

Alt+]Cycle to next suggestion

Alt+[Cycle to previous suggestion

Alt+→Accept word by word

Ctrl+EnterOpen Completions Panel (all suggestions)

IDE Shortcuts

Cmd+I (VS Code)Open inline chat at cursor

Cmd+Shift+I (VS Code)Open Copilot Chat panel

Ctrl+I (Visual Studio)Open inline chat

Alt+\ (VS Code)Trigger completions manually

Cmd+Shift+P > CopilotAll Copilot commands in palette

Slash Commands

/fixFix selected code

/explainExplain selected code

/testsGenerate tests for selection

/docAdd documentation comments

/newCreate a new workspace / file

/workspaceChat about the entire workspace

/terminalHelp with terminal commands

/searchSearch the codebase semantically

/startDebuggingConfigure and start a debug session

/helpShow Copilot usage help

Chat Participants (@)

@workspaceChat with full workspace awareness

@githubSearch GitHub repos, issues, PRs

@vscodeAsk about VS Code features / settings

@terminalGet help with terminal commands

Context References (#)

#fileAttach a specific file to chat

#editorReference active editor content

#selectionReference current text selection

#terminalOutputInclude terminal output in context

#problemsInclude current errors and warnings

#changesInclude current git changes (diff)

#codebaseReference full indexed codebase

#fetch <url>Fetch web content into context

GitHub Integration

Copilot WorkspaceAutonomous multi-file agent on github.com

PR SummaryAuto-generate PR description

Code ReviewAI review of open PRs

copilot-instructions.mdCustom instructions file for the repo

Copilot ExtensionsThird-party tool integrations

Model pickerSwitch AI model inside the editor

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