Output produced exceeding its own read limits
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Description
### Describe the bug
Copilot generated python commands that printed >150 items from a json with a bunch of fields. This caused output to be redirected to a temp file which then required 5 additional read calls to fully consume.
### Affected version
GitHub Copilot CLI 1.0.36
### Steps to reproduce the behavior
1. Open Copilot CLI with a JSON file containing 100+ records.
2. Ask Copilot to extract and display a summary of all records.
3. Observe the Python command Copilot generates.
4. Check whether the output exceeds the tool's display limit.
### Expected behavior
Copilot should estimate the output size before generating the command. For numerous (150+ json objects) copilot should have the brains to paginate
### Additional context
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in Copilot CLI 1.0.36 with a JSON file containing 100+ records and an extraction request that produces more than 150 items. Inspect how generated Python command output is handled relative to the tool's display limit; done means large results are paginated or otherwise kept within that limit without requiring repeated reads.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100