feat(CopilotCLI): support reasoning effort#308951
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Pull request overview
Adds support for passing “reasoning effort” (thinking effort) from VS Code chat model configuration through to Copilot CLI session creation and request execution, addressing missing reasoning-effort behavior for Copilot CLI sessions.
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- Plumbs
reasoningEffortfromvscode.ChatRequest.modelConfigurationinto Copilot CLI session initialization (createSession/getSession). - Updates request handling to pass the full
{ model, reasoningEffort? }object through toICopilotCLISession.handleRequest. - Gates reasoning-effort handling behind
chat.cli.thinkingEffort.enabled.
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| extensions/copilot/src/extension/chatSessions/vscode-node/copilotCLIChatSessionsContribution.ts | Extracts reasoning effort from request model configuration and forwards it into Copilot CLI session lifecycle (create/get/handleRequest). |
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Fixes #304641