--- title: Copilot coding agent works faster with semantic code search description: GitHub Copilot's coding agent now uses semantic code search to find relevant code based on meaning rather than exact text matches. This eliminates the need for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-coding-agent-works-faster-with-semantic-code-search-obki00aas twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Copilot coding agent works faster with semantic code search | daily.dev og:description: GitHub Copilot's coding agent now uses semantic code search to find relevant code based on meaning rather than exact text matches. This eliminates the need for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-coding-agent-works-faster-with-semantic-code-search-obki00aas og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oBKi00aAs.png og:image:alt: Copilot coding agent works faster with semantic code search 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 coding agent works faster with semantic code search **[GitHub Changelog](https://daily.dev/sources/github_updates)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub Copilot's coding agent now uses semantic code search to find relevant code based on meaning rather than exact text matches. This eliminates the need for precise names or patterns when searching, resulting in a 2% reduction in task completion time with no quality degradation. 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