The prompt enhancer for Copilot
Both Copilots, one enhancer. The Chrome extension adds a one-click enhance button inside copilot.microsoft.com; the Mac app's ⌘⇧P hotkey works inside VS Code for GitHub Copilot Chat. Rough ask in, structured prompt out — no copy-paste.
Free to try, no account needed for the demo. One PromptAI account covers the browser extension and the Mac desktop app.
Same engine as the Copilot integration — try it right here, then install it where you work.
What is a Copilot prompt enhancer?
A Copilot prompt enhancer rewrites your plain-language request into a structured prompt — role, context, ordered instructions, constraints, and output format — before Copilot sees it. "Copilot" means two different products, and PromptAI covers both: Microsoft Copilot, the web assistant at copilot.microsoft.com, and GitHub Copilot Chat, the coding assistant inside VS Code.
For Microsoft Copilot, the Chrome extension injects an enhance button directly into the input box. Microsoft Copilot grounds its answers in live web search, so prompt structure steers not just the answer's format but which sources get pulled — a scoped, constrained prompt retrieves noticeably better material than a one-liner.
For GitHub Copilot Chat, the Mac desktop app adds a global ⌘⇧P hotkey that enhances highlighted text in any native app, VS Code included. Copilot Chat inherits your editor context automatically; what it can't infer is your intent — which files matter, what the change must not break, and what the output should look like. That's the half the enhancer supplies.
Both Copilots, covered
Microsoft Copilot in the browser, GitHub Copilot in the editor — structured prompts change the output in both.
Microsoft Copilot chat
Web-grounded answers on copilot.microsoft.com. Enhanced prompts scope the question and set the output format, which improves both the answer and the search results Copilot grounds it in.
GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code
Copilot Chat sees your open files; it doesn't see your intent. Enhanced prompts state the goal, the scope, and what a correct diff looks like — turning generic suggestions into targeted ones.
Drafting and documents
Microsoft Copilot is many people's default drafting tool. Role plus audience plus format constraints is what separates a usable first draft from generic AI prose, and enhancement adds all three automatically.
Copilot inline edits
Short inline instructions benefit from precision most of all: an enhanced instruction names the transformation, the boundaries, and what must stay untouched, so the edit lands where you meant it to.
Before and after: real Copilot prompts
Research question — Microsoft Copilot
same idea, one click later
whats the best crm for small business
You are a software analyst advising a 8-person services business choosing its first CRM. Compare the leading small-business CRMs on: monthly price per seat, email integration, pipeline reporting, ease of setup without an admin, and data export. Output format: a comparison table of the top 4, then a 2-bullet recommendation. Constraints: only include tools with a plan under $30 per seat monthly, cite the pricing page for each, and note which figures come from vendor marketing versus independent reviews.
Code question — GitHub Copilot Chat
why is this component rerendering so much
You are a senior React engineer profiling a performance issue. For the component I have open, identify why it re-renders more than expected. Produce: (1) a list of each identified re-render trigger with the line reference, (2) for each trigger, whether it is expected or avoidable, (3) a minimal fix per avoidable trigger using memo, useMemo, useCallback, or state restructuring — whichever is least invasive. Constraints: do not restructure the component's public props, and flag any fix that changes behavior rather than just performance.
Drafting a document — Microsoft Copilot
write a proposal for switching to a 4 day work week
You are an operations lead writing an internal proposal for a skeptical leadership team. Draft a one-page proposal for piloting a 4-day work week for one quarter. Structure: the ask in two sentences, expected benefits with evidence from named company pilots, the three biggest risks with mitigations, success metrics for the pilot, and a decision deadline. Tone: measured and data-forward, not advocacy. Length: under 400 words.
Set up in under a minute
Install for your surface
Chrome extension for copilot.microsoft.com, Mac app for GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code. One account covers both.
Ask the way you think
Type the request naturally in Copilot's input — no prompt templates, no scaffolding to remember.
Enhance, review, send
Click the button in the browser, or highlight and press ⌘⇧P in VS Code. The structured prompt replaces your draft in place.
Questions.
A tool that rewrites your plain-language request into a structured prompt before Copilot processes it — adding role, context, instructions, constraints, and output format. PromptAI covers Microsoft Copilot via a Chrome extension button inside copilot.microsoft.com, and GitHub Copilot Chat via a ⌘⇧P hotkey in VS Code on macOS.
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Try it on your next Copilot prompt
Free to try, no account needed for the demo. One PromptAI account covers the browser extension and the Mac desktop app.