Copilot for docs is a horrible name for this demo. It feels more like a search engine concept, the knowledge base is up to date, and the answer is personalized.
But again, the naming is horrible, I thought is was a Copilot just for markdown.
I thought it was an autocompleter for writing documentation.
I am very disappointed that it isn't.
I had some success having ChatGPT document my code, it fact, it does a better job than I do by myself. Sometimes I have to fix some misunderstanding, but when it comes to writing and finding the right words, it is way better than I am. For me, it works better than for code generation, and I think that kind of "Copilot for Docs" would make a lot of sense.
Like many of those projects, access is controlled through a Discord server that is dedicated to more than just this prototype. I’m parsing and seeing things about getting CoPilot and VSCode to work together.
If you are eager to try something similar without dealing with a community, I’m assuming it’s possible to download the documentation from your favorite framework and start a “GPT” on OpenAI by giving it the role of a helpful coding assistant.
I definitely feel like there’s something to be done beyond the RAG aspect and figure out how to address the “other question” problem (you ask how you can do A, but that’s because A is your way to finding a solution for B, and there’s a much easier solution to B, but you don’t get the connection because you don’t understand the abstraction C). That would require a much more deliberate community to formalise properly.
But again, the naming is horrible, I thought is was a Copilot just for markdown.