GitHub blog explains four ways to customise project context for Copilot
What happened
On 13 October 2026, the GitHub Blog published a Copilot getting-started guide in its AI & ML section on how to let Copilot understand your codebase. Part of the GitHub Copilot getting-started series, the article covers four ways to adapt Copilot to a project, noting that repository-level custom instructions can be written in .github/copilot-instructions.md. The report does not disclose the specifics of the other three methods, nor does it give further implementation details or next steps.
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- GitHub Blog · AI & MLGitHub Copilot app for Beginners: How to teach Copilot about your codebase
Learn how to add custom instructions and skills to your repository, use custom agents, and connect MCP servers like Playwright.
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