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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion src/lm/tools/copilotRemoteAgentTool.ts
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Expand Up @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { ITelemetry } from '../../common/telemetry';
import { CopilotRemoteAgentManager } from '../../github/copilotRemoteAgent';
import { FolderRepositoryManager } from '../../github/folderRepositoryManager';

const CODING_AGENT_DOCS_URL = 'https://docs.github.com/copilot/using-github-copilot/coding-agent';

export interface CopilotRemoteAgentToolParameters {
// The LLM is inconsistent in providing repo information.
// For now, we only support the active repository in the current workspace.
Expand All @@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ export class CopilotRemoteAgentTool implements vscode.LanguageModelTool<CopilotR
// Check if the coding agent is available (enabled and assignable)
const isAvailable = await this.manager.isAvailable();
if (!isAvailable) {
throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('Copilot coding agent is not available for this repository. Make sure the agent is enabled and assignable to this repository.'));
throw new Error(vscode.l10n.t('Copilot coding agent is not available for this repository. Make sure the agent is enabled and assignable to this repository. [Learn more about coding agent]({0}).', CODING_AGENT_DOCS_URL));
}

const targetRepo = await this.manager.repoInfo();
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