Ken Muse

AIT05 What Happens Between Pressing Enter and Getting a Response from GitHub Copilot

Location
Loews Royal Pacific Resort at Universal Orlando, 6300 Hollywood Wy, Orlando, FL 32819
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What happens after you submit a request to GitHub Copilot? Join Ken Muse and Mickey Gousset to look at how Visual Studio Code builds a prompt, selects context, and sends it to the model.

Your message is only one part of what reaches the model. In this session, you’ll explore how the context window is prioritized, why some information may be left out, and how debug logs can help you understand the resulting request. You’ll also learn how these details affect artificial intelligence (AI) credit usage and how to make your interactions more effective.

What you will learn

  • How Visual Studio Code assembles prompts for GitHub Copilot
  • How context is prioritized and why some information may be omitted
  • How to use debug logs to investigate requests and improve interactions