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| Adding personal custom instructions for GitHub Copilot | Personal custom instructions | You can add personal instructions for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_chat %} to customize chat responses for your conversations. |
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{% data reusables.copilot.personal-instructions-note %}
About personal custom instructions for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_chat %}
You can add instructions for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_chat %} in order to receive chat responses that are customized to your personal preferences, across your conversations on the {% data variables.product.github %} website. Your saved instructions will not be displayed in the chat, but they are automatically provided to {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} so that it can provide responses aligned with your personal preferences.
For example, you can choose to always have {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_chat_short %} respond in a preferred language or with a particular style. Some examples of instructions you could add are:
Always respond in Spanish.Your style is a helpful colleague, minimize explanations but provide enough context to understand the code.Always provide examples in TypeScript.
Personal custom instructions apply to conversations that you, as a user, have with {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_chat_short %} across {% data variables.product.github %}, and are different from repository custom instructions, which apply to conversations in the context of a single repository. For more information on repository instructions, see AUTOTITLE.
{% data reusables.copilot.repository-vs-personal-instructions-note %}
Adding personal custom instructions
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In the top right of any page on {% data variables.product.github %}, click the {% octicon "copilot" aria-hidden="true" %} {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} icon next to the search bar.
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Select the {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Open conversation options" %} dropdown menu at the top of the Chat panel, then click {% octicon "tools" aria-hidden="true" %} Customize {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}. If in the immersive view, select the {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Feedback and settings" %} dropdown menu at the top right of the page, then click {% octicon "note" aria-hidden="true" %} Personal instructions.
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Add natural language instructions to the text box.
The instructions can be written as a single paragraph, each on a new line, or separated by blank lines for legibility.
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Click Save. Your instructions are now active, and will stay active until you change or remove them.