microsoft / microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github

`@githubpr` has difficulty with past context

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Since Jul 28, 2025.

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Description

Version: 1.103.0-insider (user setup)
Commit: f5db653369bc87e56162be11ed3af62746347558
Date: 2025-07-28T12:38:35.309Z
Electron: 37.2.3
ElectronBuildId: 12035395
Chromium: 138.0.7204.100
Node.js: 22.17.0
V8: 13.8.500258-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT arm64 10.0.26100

GHPR pre-release: 0.117.2025072804

Steps to Reproduce:

Found while verifying https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/256531

  1. In agent mode, send the prompt @githubpr what issues do i have open in this repo?
  2. ❓ No matter how I try to word follow-up prompts, it has trouble using its output as context into follow-up messages. I asked for the authors of these issues and struggled several times:

Attempt 1:

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Attempt 2:
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