---
title: About GitHub Copilot Spaces
shortTitle: Spaces
intro: Understand how organizing and sharing context with {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} can improve your {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_dotcom_short %} results and help your teammates.
permissions: Anyone with a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}.
versions:
  feature: copilot
topics:
  - Copilot
redirect_from:
  - /copilot/using-github-copilot/copilot-spaces/about-organizing-and-sharing-context-with-copilot-spaces
  - /copilot/concepts/about-organizing-and-sharing-context-with-copilot-spaces
  - /copilot/concepts/spaces
contentType: concepts
category: 
  - Learn about Copilot
---

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} let you organize the context that {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} uses to answer your questions. {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} can include repositories, code, pull requests, issues, free-text content like transcripts or notes, images, and file uploads. You can ask {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} questions grounded in that context, or share the space with your team to support collaboration and knowledge sharing.

## Why use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %}?

Whether you’re working solo or collaborating across a team, {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} help you make {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} more useful.

With {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} you can:

* Get more relevant, specific answers from {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}.
* Stay in flow by collecting what you need for a task in one place.
* Reduce repeated questions by sharing knowledge with your team.
* Support onboarding and reuse with self-service context that lives beyond chat history.

Your spaces stay in sync as your project evolves. {% data variables.product.github %} files and other {% data variables.product.github %}-based sources added to a space are automatically updated as they change, making {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} an evergreen expert in your project.

### How are {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} different from knowledge bases?

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} are optimized for specific tasks and grounded conversations. Because context in {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} is scoped, {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %}'s responses are more accurate and relevant.

{% rowheaders %}

|                      | {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %}         | Knowledge bases                                             |
| -------------------- | --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Who can create   | Anyone with a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license             | Organization owners                                              |
| Owned by   | Organizations or individual users              | Organizations                             |
| Content type     | Entire {% data variables.product.github %} repositories, specific files, pull requests and issues, uploaded files including images, text files, rich documents, and spreadsheets, and free-text content                   | Markdown files hosted in {% data variables.product.github %} |
| Context handling | Limited in size, which guarantees higher response quality given the focused selection | Unlimited, but that comes with reduced response quality |

{% endrowheaders %}

## Who can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}?

Anyone with a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license, including {% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %}, can create and use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}.

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} can belong to a personal account or to an organization. Spaces owned by an organization can be shared with other organization members or kept private to the person who created the space.

## Where can I use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}?

You can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} in {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_dotcom_short %}. You can also leverage {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} in your IDE, using the {% data variables.product.github %} MCP server in your IDE to access context from your spaces.

## How does using {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} affect my usage?

Questions you submit in a space count as {% data variables.copilot.copilot_chat_short %} requests.

* If you're a {% data variables.copilot.copilot_free_short %} user, this usage counts toward your monthly chat limit.
* If you use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} with a premium model, this usage counts toward your premium usage quota. Every question you submit to a premium model counts as one premium request, multiplied by the model's multiplier. For information about the multipliers applied to each model, see [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/managing-copilot/understanding-and-managing-copilot-usage/understanding-and-managing-requests-in-copilot#model-multipliers).

## Next steps

To start using {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}, see [AUTOTITLE](/copilot/how-tos/provide-context/use-copilot-spaces/create-copilot-spaces).