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- Add Ctrl+Space voice dictation shortcut tip (Chapter 01) - Add copilot app CLI command note (Chapter 01) - Add defaultMode/defaultPermissionMode settings tip (Chapter 01) - Add session restore on crash/restart tip (Chapter 02) - Add --add-dir skill/agent discovery to skill locations table (Chapter 05) Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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What's New in Copilot CLI v1.0.81 (past 7 days)
The following beginner-relevant features were released in v1.0.81-6 through v1.0.81-8 (August 19–23, 2026) and are not yet documented in the course:
copilot appCLI command — opens the GitHub Copilot app from the terminalCtrl+Spacekeyboard shortcut to toggle voice dictationdefaultModeanddefaultPermissionModeuser settings--add-dirdirectoriesSections Updated
Chapter 01 — First Steps (
01-setup-and-first-steps/README.md)Ctrl+Spacetoggles voice dictation (alongside the existing/voiceentry).copilot appas a terminal-level command (companion to the/appslash command already documented).defaultModeanddefaultPermissionModesettings, accessible via/settings, so beginners know they can configure their default startup mode once instead of switching each session.Chapter 02 — Context & Conversations (
02-context-conversations/README.md)--resumerequired.Chapter 05 — Skills (
05-skills/README.md)--add-dir, plus a tip explaining that skills and custom agents in those directories are automatically discovered. Useful for teams that maintain a shared skills folder.Source Announcements
Notes
Advanced/enterprise features (ACP client subagent IDs, managed enterprise policy changes, forceRemoteSettingsRefresh, xhigh reasoning effort for Grok 4.6) were intentionally excluded as they are not beginner-relevant.