Hi Community,
I am Bobur, Microsoft MVP for the AI platform. I use GitHub Copilot chat in VS Code quite often.
I discovered that most problems with AI coding with Copilot do not always depend on the model used, but rather on misaligned prompts. Short prompts often confuse the agent. Long prompts are still unclear and very expensive. Even small misunderstandings at the start can turn into big fixes later.
Just curious if you have experience with configuring the Copilot in plan mode so that it can turn a short idea into a step-by-step task list I can confirm before any code changes? I tried different extensions like Cline. Only found Verdent VS code extension quite good in planning. It converted my short request into a shared checklist that the AI will follow. But it does not have a free plan.
Would love to hear your thoughts. Where do you think planning helps most?