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June 17, 2026workVS Code Blog

Improving token efficiency for GitHub Copilot in VS Code

How prompt caching, tool search, and WebSockets reduce Copilot's token usage and latency.

Cache Explorer comparing two Copilot requests and showing a 96.8% prompt cache hit