microsoft / microsoft/copilot-for-eclipse
Continue this Chat - Enhancement Request
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- Dominant language
- Java
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Description
I would like to suggest a new feature, "Continue this chat". This would solve multiple issues, including bumping into the chat conversation size liminiation and having to start over without context available in the new chat (because the old chat is dead and you cannot generate a summary). This would also address this feature request: https://github.com/microsoft/copilot-for-eclipse/issues/57
The "Continue this chat" feature would:
- generate a summary of the current chat
- create a new chat with a new title showing it's a continuation (like adding a "part 2" or "part N" to the end of the name)
- post in the summary of the previous chat to let Copilot know this is a continutation and provide it the proper context
- preserve all your settings (file attachments, Agent choice, Model choice, configured tools, etc).
ChatGPT suggests something like this for the continuation summary:
Conversation Continuation Context
- What we’re working on
- Key decisions so far
- Assumptions
- Open TODOs
- What should not be re-explained
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No implementation files or tests are named in the issue. Start by reviewing the Eclipse plugin’s existing chat flow and linked issue #57, then identify how chats, summaries, titles, settings, attachments, agents, models, and tools are represented. Done means a continuation creates a new titled chat with prior context and preserved settings.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100