How to make GitHub Copilot answer across five connected repos from day one
Massive_South_2767 · reddit · 2026-07-23
The poster asks how to make GitHub Copilot’s built-in agent more capable at answering questions about a codebase from day one.
- The team has 5 separate repos whose outputs connect downstream.
- New users should be able to query the repos and build solutions immediately.
- The key question is whether the default agent can be tuned, or whether a custom agent is needed for better repo understanding.
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