Copilot CLI v0.0.412-2: Plan Approval & Editor Shortcuts
Plan approval dialogs, prompt editing in your editor, user-level instructions, and performance boosts for /fleet mode and alt-screen sessions.
TL;DR
- New exit_plan_mode tool with approval dialog for reviewing plans before execution
- Edit prompts directly in your terminal editor with ctrl+x ctrl+e
- User-level instructions now supported across all repos via ~/.copilot/instructions/
- Performance improvements: faster /fleet mode, lower memory in alt-screen, instant session picker
New
- /update command — View changelog and update instructions without leaving the CLI
- exit_plan_mode tool — Review and approve plans with a dedicated dialog before they execute
- User-level instructions — Drop .instructions.md files in ~/.copilot/instructions/ to apply custom instructions across all repositories
- Prompt editing — Press ctrl+x ctrl+e to edit your prompt in your preferred terminal editor
- Text selection improvements — Double-click selects words, triple-click selects lines in alt-screen mode
Improved
- SQL tool timeline — Better formatting and readability for SQL execution logs
- Memory efficiency — Reduced memory footprint during long alt-screen sessions
- /fleet mode parallelization — Dispatches more subagents in parallel for faster multi-task execution
- Picker UX — Instructions and skills pickers now open as full-screen alt-screen views; session picker loads instantly without loading flash
- Command files — Plain markdown files now work without YAML frontmatter; name and description are derived automatically
Fixed
- Windows terminal no longer shows spurious error messages
- Typing
?in AskUser prompts no longer triggers the quick help overlay
Update with: gh copilot update
Source: Copilot CLI
