github / github/copilot-cli

Add LLM invocable change directory tool

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Description

### Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

Keep the pwd up to date in the status bar when copilot switches to another worktree

### Proposed solution

Currently the user can run `/cd` to move directories and the status line gets updated and all tool invocations are then run in that directory.

The LLM doesn't have a corresponding tool. Often I'll tell it to go checkout a specific branch and PR into a new/existing worktree and it will do it but then I have to stop it and get the path and manually run /cd to that path so visually I can see the directory/branch name/PR in the status line.

### Example prompts or workflows

Checkout branch X into a worktree and then cd into that worktree and begin addressing the feedback.

### Additional context

_No response_

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Research direction

Start by tracing the existing /cd command, its status-bar update, and how tool invocations use the current directory; the issue names no specific files or tests. Done means the LLM can change into a worktree so the status line shows the new path, branch, or PR and later tool invocations run there.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, shell
Domain
cli, developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
58/100

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