what-context-needed

Ask an AI assistant what files it needs before answering your question.

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What it does

path/to/file.ts — [why needed]
path/to/file.ts — [why helpful]
path/to/file.ts — [from earlier in conversation]
[What I'm not sure about without seeing the code]

Requirements & configuration

What Context Do You Need?
Before answering my question, tell me what files you need to see.
1. Based on my question, list the files you would need to examine

Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23

Ask an AI assistant what files it needs before answering your question.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot

what-context-needed FAQ

What does the what-context-needed skill do?

Ask Copilot what files it needs to see before answering a question path/to/file.ts — [why needed] path/to/file.ts — [why helpful]

What does what-context-needed require?

What Context Do You Need? Before answering my question, tell me what files you need to see. 1. Based on my question, list the files you would need to examine

How do I install what-context-needed?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill what-context-needed --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/github/awesome-copilot.

Maintain what-context-needed?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

[![what-context-needed on getagentictools](https://getagentictools.com/badge/skills/github-awesome-copilot-what-context-needed.svg)](https://getagentictools.com/skills/github-awesome-copilot-what-context-needed?ref=badge)

npx agentictools info skills/github-awesome-copilot-what-context-needed

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.