speed-up-development-work.md

title	Speeding up development work with GitHub Copilot Spaces
shortTitle	Speed up development work
intro	Learn how to use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} to help you with development work.
permissions	Anyone with a {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} license can use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %}.
versions	feature copilot
topics	Copilot
redirect_from	/copilot/using-github-copilot/copilot-spaces/speeding-up-development-work-with-copilot-spaces /copilot/tutorials/speeding-up-development-work-with-copilot-spaces
contentType	tutorials
category	Accelerate PR velocity Author and optimize with Copilot

{% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces %} helps you work faster when starting a new feature, understanding a system, or picking up a task in an unfamiliar codebase.

Use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} to:

• Organize the context you need in one place.
• Provide {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} with relevant code and documentation.
• Reduce time spent switching between tools or asking others for background information.

To create a space, go to https://github.com/copilot/spaces, and click Create space.

The examples in this article show you how to use {% data variables.copilot.copilot_spaces_short %} for common development tasks.

Developing a new feature

Create a space when you start working on a specific feature. Add the relevant code, a product specification, and any supporting materials. Supporting materials can include notes from a design review or mockup images.

{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} can help you:

• Summarize how the current implementation works.
• Suggest changes or additions based on the specification.
• Draft a first implementation or outline next steps.
• Flag missing elements or inconsistencies.

Instructions:

This space contains the new user registration form for a healthcare nonprofit providing low-cost testing. It is built using React and Tailwind.

Suggested prompt:

How should I add support for 2FA?

Defining the logic for a small, frequent task

Document the logic for repetitive tasks once and share it through a space. This approach keeps everyone consistent and saves time. Tasks like tracking telemetry events or handling event emissions benefit from this approach.

If you have a process flowchart, upload it to your space for reference. {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} can:

• Suggest efficient patterns based on your previous work.
• Help write reusable functions or templates.
• Review the logic to ensure it aligns with project standards.
• Provide examples of how similar tasks have been handled in the codebase.

Instructions:

You help developers implement telemetry events. You should (1) validate what the user's goals are for the event, (2) propose a new event structure based on examples of existing events (and using the common telemetry schema), and (3) create a new version of the telemetry config file.

Suggested prompt:

Help me log when a user clicks on an in-app notification.

Sharing knowledge with teammates

Create a space for topics where people tend to ask similar questions. For example, questions about how authentication or search works in your project.

{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} can:

• Explain how the code works.
• Answer questions based on the latest documentation.
• Guide new team members on best practices.

Instructions:

You contain the code and documentation associated with our authentication system.

Suggested prompt:

How does SSO work?

Hands-on practice

Try the Scale institutional knowledge using Copilot Spaces Skills exercise for practical experience. This exercise shows you how to:

• Centralize scattered project management knowledge in Copilot Spaces.
• Convert team insights into searchable, versioned artifacts.
• Give all team members equal access to processes, decisions, and rationale.
• Connect a repository as a structured knowledge source.
• Extract, refine, and standardize workflows collaboratively.
• Feed validated improvements back into living documentation.
• Accelerate onboarding and reduce single-person dependency risk.
• Enable consistent, repeatable project execution.

Next steps

After you create a space to help with development tasks, consider sharing it with your team to reduce handoffs and repeated questions. See AUTOTITLE.