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Five habits that make Co-Pilot answers sharper, from scope to follow-ups.
The single biggest lever is scope: set it before you ask. The Co-Pilot only reads discussions inside the current scope, so a perfect question over the wrong discussions still gets a poor answer. Then keep each message to one question and build depth with follow-ups.
- In the toolbar below the message box, click the Scope chip and pick the discussions your question is about.
- Ask one question per message. "What were the concerns about costs?" beats a bundle of three questions — bundles get shallower answers.
- Ask follow-ups in the same chat. The Co-Pilot keeps the thread's context, so "And how did the second group see that?" works without repeating yourself.
- For analysis-heavy questions, set Thinking to High — slower, but more thorough. Fast gives you a quick draft without the checks, labelled as not checked; review it yourself before you share it. Both sit below the message box. When the chat is narrow, as on a phone, they are small icons in the same row: the brain icon switches Thinking between Low and High, and the lightning icon turns Fast on or off.
- When you change topics, click the plus button and choose New task for this scope. You get a clean chat, and old context stops bleeding into new answers.
If the answer disappoints
- Voices missing? Widen the scope — the absent discussions are probably outside it. See Scopes: what the Co-Pilot can see.
- Doubtful claim? Click its numbered reference and read the original contribution. See Citations: check every answer against the source.
- A big job rather than one question? Switch to Plan mode and approve a plan. See Agent mode and Plan mode.
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Last updated: 2026-10-04
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