[bot] docs(learning-hub): CLI session commands and personal skills path updates#1165
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- Add /cd command documentation (per-session working directory, v1.0.11) - Add --effort shorthand flag for --reasoning-effort (v1.0.10) - Fix outdated personal skills directory path: ~/.copilot/skills/ -> ~/.agents/skills/ (v1.0.11) - Update lastUpdated dates Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
Updates Learning Hub documentation to reflect recent GitHub Copilot CLI changes (v1.0.9–v1.0.11), primarily around session directory management and personal skill discovery paths.
Changes:
- Update the documented personal skills directory root from
~/.copilot/to~/.agents/. - Document the new
/cdsession command behavior (per-session working directory persistence). - Document the
--effortshorthand flag for--reasoning-effort.
Reviewed changes
Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.
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| website/src/content/docs/learning-hub/using-copilot-coding-agent.md | Updates personal skills path to ~/.agents/ and refreshes lastUpdated. |
| website/src/content/docs/learning-hub/copilot-configuration-basics.md | Adds /cd and --effort documentation and refreshes lastUpdated. |
| The `/cd` command changes the working directory for the current session. Each session maintains its own working directory that persists when you switch between sessions: | ||
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The new /cd docs make this section cover more than “two commands for managing session state” (it now discusses /new, /clear, /undo, and /cd). Please update the lead-in sentence and/or the table so the count and framing matches the commands documented here.
| The `--effort` flag (shorthand for `--reasoning-effort`) controls how much computational reasoning the model applies to a request: | ||
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| gh copilot --effort high "Refactor the authentication module" | ||
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| Accepted values are `low`, `medium`, and `high`. You can also set a default via the `effortLevel` config setting. |
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--effort is a CLI flag rather than a “session command”, but it’s currently documented under the “CLI Session Commands” section. Consider moving this flag documentation to a separate CLI flags/options subsection (or earlier in the CLI config section) to avoid mixing interactive slash commands with startup flags.
What's new
Based on v1.0.9–v1.0.11 of the GitHub Copilot CLI (released March 19–23, 2026), the following updates were identified and applied to the Learning Hub.
Changes found
v1.0.11 (2026-03-23)
~/.agents/skills/is now the standard personal skill discovery directory, aligning with VS Code's GHCP4A extension default/cdcommand keeps a separate working directory per session, restored when switching sessionssessionStarthookadditionalContextinjected into conversation (already documented)/clearvs/newbehaviour distinction (already documented)v1.0.10 (2026-03-20)
--effortflag added as shorthand alias for--reasoning-effort/undocommand (already documented)v1.0.9 (2026-03-19)
include_gitignoredconfig option (already documented)Sections updated
copilot-configuration-basics.md/cdcommand documentation under "CLI Session Commands" — explains per-session working directories and switching between backgrounded sessions--effortshorthand flag documentation with usage example and reference toeffortLevelconfig settingusing-copilot-coding-agent.md~/.copilot/skills/→~/.agents/skills/to match the v1.0.11 standardSource announcements