GitHub Copilot Chat Cookbook

Find examples of prompts to use with GitHub Copilot Chat.

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Generating unit tests

Generating unit tests

Copilot Chat can help with generating unit tests for a function.
    Improving code readability and maintainability

    Improving code readability and maintainability

    Copilot Chat can suggest ways to make your code easier to understand and maintain.
      Debugging invalid JSON

      Debugging invalid JSON

      Copilot Chat can identify and resolve syntax errors or structural issues in JSON data.

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        • Creating templates

          Copilot Chat can help you create templates to streamline your workflow and ensure consistency across your projects.
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          • Simple

        • Extracting information

          Copilot Chat in GitHub can help you extract key information from issues and discussions.
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          • Simple

        • Synthesizing research

          Copilot Chat can help you synthesize research findings and insights from multiple sources into a cohesive summary.
          • Communicate effectively
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          • Simple

        • Creating diagrams

          GitHub Copilot Chat can help you create diagrams to better understand your data and communicate insights.
          • Communicate effectively
          • Visualize data
          • Simple

        • Generating tables

          Copilot Chat can help you create tables to organize information and present it clearly.
          • Communicate effectively
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          • Simple

        • Debugging invalid JSON

          Copilot Chat can identify and resolve syntax errors or structural issues in JSON data.
          • Debugging code
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          • Intermediate

        • Handling API rate limits

          Copilot Chat can help handle API rate limits by suggesting code that detects implements retry logic.
          • Debugging code
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          • Intermediate

        • Exploring potential feature implementations

          Copilot Chat can help explore different approaches for implementing a single feature.
          • Functionality analysis
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          • Intermediate

        • Analyzing and incorporating user feedback

          Copilot Chat can enhance the process of incorporating user feedback into your project.
          • Functionality analysis
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          • Intermediate

        • Improving code readability and maintainability

          Copilot Chat can suggest ways to make your code easier to understand and maintain.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Simple

        • Fixing lint errors

          Copilot Chat can suggest ways to fix issues identified by a code linter.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Intermediate

        • Refactoring for performance optimization

          Copilot Chat can suggest ways to speed up slow-running code.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Simple

        • Refactoring to implement a design pattern

          Copilot Chat can suggest design patterns that you can use to improve your code.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Intermediate

        • Refactoring data access layers

          Copilot Chat can suggest ways to decouple your data access code from your business logic, making an application easier to maintain and scale.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Advanced

        • Decoupling business logic from UI components

          Copilot Chat can help you separate your business logic from your user interface code, making it easier to maintain and scale your application.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Advanced

        • Handling cross-cutting concerns

          Copilot Chat can help you avoid code that relates to a concern other than the core concern of the method or function in which the code is located.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Intermediate

        • Simplifying complex inheritance hierarchies

          Copilot Chat can help you to refactor code to avoid classes with multiple layers of inheritance.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Intermediate

        • Fixing database deadlocks or data integrity issues

          Copilot Chat can help you avoid code that causes slow or blocked database operations, or tables with missing or incorrect data.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Advanced

        • Translating code to a different programming language

          Copilot Chat can help you rewrite code to perform the same operations but in a different programming language.
          • Refactoring code
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          • Simple

        • Creating issues

          Copilot Chat can help you quickly create issues without filling out every field manually.
          • Documenting code
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          • Simple

        • Documenting legacy code

          Copilot Chat can help with documenting legacy code.
          • Documenting code
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          • Simple

        • Explaining legacy code

          Copilot Chat can help with explaining unfamiliar code.
          • Documenting code
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          • Simple

        • Explaining complex algorithms or logic

          Copilot Chat can help add clear and concise documentation on complex algorithms or logic.
          • Documenting code
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          • Intermediate

        • Syncing documentation with code changes

          Copilot Chat can help with keeping code documentation up-to-date.
          • Documenting code
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          • Intermediate

        • Writing discussions or blog posts

          Copilot Chat can help you generate ideas, outline, or draft discussions or blog posts.
          • Documenting code
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          • Simple

        • Generating unit tests

          Copilot Chat can help with generating unit tests for a function.
          • Testing code
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          • Intermediate

        • Creating mock objects to abstract layers

          Copilot Chat can help with creating mock objects that you can use for unit tests.
          • Testing code
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          • Intermediate

        • Creating end-to-end tests for a webpage

          Copilot Chat can help with generating end-to-end tests.
          • Testing code
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          • Advanced

        • Securing your repository

          Copilot Chat can help you to secure your repository and your code.
          • Security analysis
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          • Simple

        • Managing dependency updates

          Copilot Chat can help you get set up with Dependabot to streamline dependency updates.
          • Security analysis
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          • Simple

        • Finding existing vulnerabilities in code

          Copilot Chat can help find common vulnerabilities in your code and suggest fixes.
          • Security analysis
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          • Intermediate