Rajeev Pentyala – Technical Blog on Power Platform, Azure and AI

The /share slash command exports a GitHub Copilot CLI session to a file or a shareable location. It is useful after a troubleshooting session, when the conversation needs to be attached to a support ticket, a pull request, or an issue. The command supports Markdown, HTML, GitHub gist, and a shareable GitHub link.

Note: /share has an alias, /export. Both accept the same arguments.

What This Does

• Exports the full session transcript, including prompts, responses, reasoning, and tool calls.
• Writes the output as a Markdown file, an interactive HTML file, or a secret GitHub gist.
• Publishes the session to GitHub and returns a shareable link when no arguments are supplied.
• Writes to copilot-session-<session-id>.md in the current directory when no path is supplied.
• Exports only the research report when the session includes a /research run.

Run the Share Command

• Open Command Prompt or VSCode Terminal.
•  Run copilot in a terminal to start new session.
• Enter /share in the prompt box.
• The CLI lists the available arguments as they are typed. Select file, then session.
• The full form of the command is /share file session [path]. The [path] argument is optional.

• Press Enter to run the command.
• The CLI returns Session shared successfully to: followed by the full file path.
• In the example run, the file was written to D:\tempicons\githubsharecommand\copilot-session-e496d728-9299-4f45-abd9-b65018d16891.md.

Tip: Press Ctrl+X then o to open the most recent link from the timeline. This opens the exported file without leaving the CLI.

Verify the Transcript

The exported Markdown file preserves the conversation in order, with a timestamp against each entry.

• User sections contain the prompts submitted during the session.
• Copilot sections contain the responses.
• Reasoning sections show the model’s intermediate reasoning.
• Each tool call is recorded with its name, arguments, and result.

Summary

/share file session produces a reviewable transcript of a Copilot CLI session in a single step. Use /share html for a browser-readable version, and /share gist to return a URL instead of a local file.

For the full list of slash commands, refer the official documentation GitHub Copilot CLI command reference.

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