How to continue GitHub Copilot app sessions in VS Code
GitHub shows how to hand off an active GitHub Copilot app session into VS Code so you can keep working in your editor without losing context, including the task plan, conversation history, diffs, and an isolated git worktree, then push changes back to a pull request.
Overview
In this episode of the GitHub Copilot app beginner series, the video explains how to continue an in-progress Copilot app session inside Visual Studio Code.
What the handoff keeps intact
When opening the session in VS Code, the handoff is described as carrying over:
- The task plan
- Conversation history
- The current diff
- An isolated Git worktree
Why move from the app to VS Code
The workflow is positioned for cases where you want to direct an AI agent in the Copilot app, but then finish the implementation work in your preferred editor.
Working and validating changes in VS Code
The video highlights continuing the session in VS Code to:
- Make manual edits
- Run tests
- Keep the existing context from the Copilot app session
Sending the work back to GitHub
After continuing the work in VS Code, the flow includes pushing the changes back to the pull request.