Copilot Code Review and the 4,000 Character Limit
Here is a fun way to lose an afternoon: carefully write coding standards into your repository’s .github/copilot-instructions.md, request a Copilot code review on a pull request that violates several of them, and watch the review…
Getting Your AI Agent to Actually Follow Your Instructions
There is a special kind of frustration in watching an AI agent cheerfully do the exact thing your instructions file tells it not to do. You wrote the rule. The rule is right there. The…
Sharing GitHub Copilot Instructions Across Repos and Teams
Your AI assistant starts every conversation as a blank slate. It doesn’t know your team uses COALESCE instead of ISNULL. It doesn’t know your naming conventions, your commit message format, or the three anti-patterns that…
Teaching Your AI Assistant to Remember: Session Checkpoints for Multi-Day Work
If you’ve used an AI coding assistant for anything beyond a quick one-off question, you’ve hit the wall: the conversation context runs out. You start a new session, and the assistant has no idea what…
Getting Started: Your First Hour with GitHub Copilot CLI
Install GitHub Copilot CLI, run your first prompt, and understand how the context window works. A hands-on setup guide for SQL Server DBAs.
Teaching GitHub Copilot Your T-SQL Coding Standards
If you’re a DBA or database developer using GitHub Copilot CLI, you’ve probably noticed it generates functional T-SQL – but not necessarily T-SQL that matches your team’s coding standards. After several weeks of working with…