Fix code based on Code Optimizations insights using GitHub Copilot (preview)

You can get code-level suggestions and insights based on Code Optimizations recommendations with GitHub Copilot using either:

• The GitHub Copilot chat in Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code with the Application Insights Code Optimizations extensions.
  • The Code Optimizations extension integrates with GitHub Copilot for Azure in Visual Studio Code, so you can interact with it indirectly via @Azure in the Ask mode. If you haven't already installed the Application Insights Code Optimizations (Preview) extension, you'll be prompted to install it.
• The GitHub Copilot coding agent to assign GitHub issues from Code Optimizations and iterate with GitHub Copilot through pull request reviews.

Prerequisites

• Install the Code Optimizations extensions via Marketplace:
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Visual Studio
• Set up a GitHub Copilot subscription
• Enable the GitHub Copilot coding agent to assign issues from Code Optimizations to GitHub Copilot

Usage

Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to fix your code via the following how-to guides:

• Code Optimizations extensions
  • Visual Studio Code extension
  • Visual Studio extension
• GitHub Copilot coding agent
  • Assign to GitHub Copilot

Sample questions

Once installed, the Code Optimizations extension introduces an agent called @code_optimizations with a few commands or "skills" that you can use in GitHub Copilot to interface with Code Optimizations issues. For example:

• Visual Studio

  @code_optimizations /connect <Your Application Insights resource name>
  

• Visual Studio Code

  @code_optimizations /insights <Your Application Insights AppID>
  

  @azure Any code optimizations for this app?
  

  @code_optimizations /optimize <Your Code Optimizations GitHub Issue Number>
  

  @azure Optimize my code based on GitHub issue number <Your Code Optimizations GitHub Issue Number>
  

  @code_optimizations /optimize
  

Limitations

Some Code Optimization extension features are only available:

• To Azure Application Insights Code Optimizations users
• To GitHub Copilot and GitHub Copilot Chat users
• To public cloud (no national clouds) and portal.azure.com
• In English during the public preview

Next steps

Learn how to:

• Use the the Visual Studio Code extension or the Visual Studio extension
• Assign to GitHub Copilot