Give GitHub Copilot a memory your team shares.
Copilot sees the code in front of it. Contexel gives it what your team decided everywhere else, and who decided it.
Why GitHub Copilot needs a shared memory
Copilot's instructions live in each repository. Decisions made in a chat with Claude or ChatGPT, or by a teammate in a different editor, never reach them.
- Across repositories.One memory for every project you open, not a copy of the conventions in each one.
- Across apps.Something saved from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor is there when Copilot needs it.
- Across your team.A decision one person saves is one every teammate's Copilot can find, with its source.
Connect GitHub Copilot in a few minutes
- Sign in to Contexel. Your private workspace is ready right away.
- Add Contexel to VS Code in one click. VS Code opens and asks you to confirm. Add to VS Code
- Sign in with your browser when VS Code asks, then use Copilot Chat in Agent mode.
By hand in VS Code: open the Command Palette, run MCP: Add Server, choose HTTP, paste https://contexel.ai/mcp and name it contexel. Using Copilot in JetBrains or Visual Studio? Those connect with a token for now: create one under Your access tokens on the console's Connect tab (under Other apps) and add it as the server's Authorization header.
Optional: make it more reliable. Add this line to your repository's .github/copilot-instructions.md file: When I ask you to remember something, also save it to Contexel. Before you answer a question about me, my family, or my work, check Contexel.
Then just talk to it
Once those steps are done, there's nothing new to learn. Ask your AI to remember something, and ask about it later from any connected app.
You, in ClaudeRemember for the team: every new endpoint needs a rate limit and an audit log entry.
Later, a teammate in CopilotAdd an endpoint that exports a customer's invoices.
Questions
Does this replace Copilot's custom instructions?
No. Keep them for things specific to one repository. Use Contexel for what your team knows across repositories and apps.
Does my code get uploaded?
No. Contexel only stores what you or your AI choose to save as a memory. It does not read your repository.
Who can see what I save?
You, and the people you share with. In a team or family account, anyone who manages the account can also open your private workspace, and you are told. Contexel holds the encryption key, so it could read it too.
Using other AI apps too?
It's the same memory everywhere. Connect as many apps as you like.
Stop repeating yourself to GitHub Copilot.
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