copilot-chat-context.nvim

Improves UX of the CopilotChat.nvim plugin.

• predefined actions
• management of contexts (markdown files, selections, urls, filetree, saved code blocks, etc)

Caution

plugin still in a "draft" state, expect some bugs! Please report if you find any.

Install

Lazy

    {
        "josiahdenton/copilot-chat-context.nvim",
        dependencies = {
            "CopilotC-Nvim/CopilotChat.nvim",
            "echasnovski/mini.nvim", -- optional, uses mini.notify and will fallback to vim.notify if not available
        },
        config = function()
            local context = require("copilot-chat-context")
            context.setup()
            vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>ai", function()
                context.open()
            end, { desc = "open copilot context panel" })
        end,
        -- other configurations
    },

Panel

When the panel is open, you can do any of the following...

• action: interact with copilot to create a response
• context: toggle additional info for copilot to use

The default keymaps is as follows

Action Keymaps	Description
,g	generate code
,b	build a code block quickly
,r	review the current buffer and add comments
,a	ask a question
,e	explain selected code
,k	add knowledge
,L	list knowledge
,s	add selection
,l	list selections
,z	clear selections
,u	add url
,U	open url
,q	quit

Context Keymaps	Description
,,A	previously asked question and copilot's answer
,,E	previous explanation
,,K	all active knowledge files
,,b	all active code blocks
,,s	active selection
,,g	git staged
,,B	current buffer
,,f	file tree
,,u	same as using #url from CopilotChat.nvim

Usage

generate

generate code inline

ccc_generate_example.mov

explain

explain selected code / context

ccc_explain_example.mov

ask

ask a question

ccc_ask_example.mov