Ask questions in context with Copilot on web 🚀

[ebndev]

What's changed

When you click the Copilot icon in the top navigation, Copilot opens a panel instead of navigating to a new page, helping you get fast answers to your questions with reduced context switching.

You can still navigate to a full page, immersive chat experience by clicking the "More" menu next to the Copilot icon and selecting "In immersive chat", or by clicking the arrow icon on the contextual chat panel.

Automatic context addition as you navigate

When you open chat on a GitHub surface, like a pull request or issue, it is automatically attached as context to your chat session. As you navigate through GitHub, references continue to attach to chat, allowing you to ask questions over multiple PRs, issues, and repos.

You can also turn your conversation into an agent session by asking Copilot to create a PR or asking a deep research question.

Try it out

This feature is now generally available. Join the discussion and leave feedback in the comments below!

[moisesz10]

The new panel experience feels much smoother than opening a separate page every time. Automatic context across PRs/issues is a great addition too.

[ella97194-dot]

This contextual chat feature looks super useful for developers who want faster workflow without leaving their repo pages. The automatic context addition across PRs and issues makes collaboration and research much smoother. Even tools and apps like Spotify ++ can learn from this kind of seamless user experience and smart navigation system.