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Copilot Commands

How to use copilot commands.

How to Edit Copilot Commands

You can edit, add, and delete Copilot commands in two ways:

  • In the Copilot settings under Command tab
  • In the .md files in your custom prompts folder copilot-custom-prompts

How to Invoke Copilot Commands

You can invoke Copilot commands in three ways:

  • Press Cmd + P (Mac) or Ctrl + P (Windows). In the search bar, type Copilot to list Copilot commands in the dropdown menu.
  • Right-click selected text to see Copilot commands in the menu
  • Slash command in the chat pane

Available Copilot Commands

Here's a list of all available Copilot commands in the Obsidian command palette (press cmd + P on Mac or ctrl + P on Windows).

  • Add selection to chat context

    • Adds the selected text in note as context to chat

  • Apply ad-hoc custom prompt

    • Opens a modal to enter and apply a one-time custom prompt

  • Clear Copilot cache

    • Clears Copilot cache

  • Clear local Copilot index

    • Clears the local vector store used for similarity search

  • Count total tokens in your vault

    • Counts the number of total tokens of your vault

  • Count words and tokens in selection

    • Counts and displays the number of words and tokens in the selected text

  • Force reindex vault

    • Clears the vector store and re-indexes the entire vault

  • Garbage collect Copilot index (remove files that no longer exist in vault)

    • Removes files that no longer exist in vault

  • Index (refresh) vault

    • Indexes or refreshes the vault content in the vector store for question-answering

  • Inspect Copilot index by note paths (debug)

    • Inspect Copilot index by note paths for debugging

  • List all indexed files (debug)

    • Lists all indexed files for debugging purpose

  • Load Copilot chat conversation

    • Opens a modal to load a previously saved chat conversation

  • New Copilot Chat

    • Creates a new chat conversation

  • Open Copilot Chat Window

    • Opens the Copilot Chat window in the right sidebar

  • Remove files from Copilot index (debug)

    • Remove files from Copilot index for debugging

  • Search OramaDB (debug)

    • Search OramaDB for debugging purposes

  • Toggle Copilot Chat Window

    • Toggles the Copilot Chat window on/off in the right sidebar

These commands provide a wide range of text manipulation, analysis, and AI-assisted writing features within Obsidian.

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