GCO 2nd Opinion

Get a second opinion from GitHub Copilot CLI on a plan, approach, or codebase exploration.

Process

Step 0: Pre-flight Rate Limit Check

Before doing anything, check if Copilot is currently in degraded mode:

RATE_CHECK=$(node $HOME/.claude/scripts/gco-rate-limit.js check 2>&1)

If the output starts with degraded:, notify the user that Copilot is in low-cost mode (auto-downgraded model) but proceed with Copilot anyway — it is still usable. Do NOT skip.

Step 1: Build Context Prompt

Construct a prompt that includes: