Create a Session and Name It

Launch a new terminal session with your AI agent and give it a meaningful name so you can stay organized across multiple conversations.

Steps

1. Find your agent in the Agents panel in the EditLess sidebar.

2. Click the + (Launch Session) button next to the agent — or right-click and select Launch Session.

3. A new terminal opens with a Copilot CLI session connected to that agent. The session appears under the agent in the sidebar tree.

4. Right-click the session in the sidebar and select Rename Session.

5. Give it a meaningful name — something that tells you what this session is for. Examples:

   • Auth refactor
   • Bug #42 investigation
   • Sprint planning

6. The name persists across VS Code reloads, so you'll always know what each session was about.

7. Switch between sessions using Ctrl+Shift+; to quickly focus any active session without hunting through terminals.

💡 Tip

Name your sessions early and often. When you're running 3–5 agents in parallel, a named session is the difference between "which terminal was working on the API?" and instantly knowing where everything is.

📖 See Also

• Create an Agent or Squad — set up your agent first
• Launch from a Work Item — start a session with issue context already loaded

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