--- title: Copilot CLI in VS Code | daily.dev description: GitHub Copilot CLI now automatically detects open VS Code instances and connects to them, allowing developers to share the same session context across both... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-cli-in-vs-code-05bhodr9s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Copilot CLI in VS Code | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Copilot CLI now automatically detects open VS Code instances and connects to them, allowing developers to share the same session context across both... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-cli-in-vs-code-05bhodr9s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/05bHodr9s.png og:image:alt: Copilot CLI in VS Code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Copilot CLI in VS Code **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 1 min read · 31 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub Copilot CLI now automatically detects open VS Code instances and connects to them, allowing developers to share the same session context across both environments. This means you can start a Copilot session in the CLI, then continue it in VS Code and switch back and forth while maintaining full context, making it easy to view and edit files in the IDE while still using the CLI workflow. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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