---
title: "How to use GitHub Copilot in your IDE: tips, tricks, and best practices"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-github-copilot-in-your-ide-tips-tricks-and-best-practices-njpughlld
source_url: https://github.blog/2024-03-25-how-to-use-github-copilot-in-your-ide-tips-tricks-and-best-practices/
type: article
source: "GitHub Blog"
published: 2024-03-25T17:07:13.655Z
updated: 2024-04-11T02:16:56.654Z
tags: ["devtools", "github"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 17
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# How to use GitHub Copilot in your IDE: tips, tricks, and best practices

**[GitHub Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ghblog)** · 10 min read · 17 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

Learn tips and tricks for using GitHub Copilot effectively, including providing context, using built-in features of GitHub Copilot Chat, and understanding where the AI assistant shines.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://github.blog/2024-03-25-how-to-use-github-copilot-in-your-ide-tips-tricks-and-best-practices/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@nix7amcm** · 0 upvotes

> Great article! I've been using Copilot for a few months now and didn't know the half of this, or how to optimise what I was using. Will definitely keep this as a reference!

**@corinwalls** · 0 upvotes

> I appreciate this!

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