$ ~/registry/skill/microsoft-extensions-copilot-assets-prompts-skills-get-search-view-results

SKILL

get-search-view-results

Name: get-search-view-results
Author: microsoft

Retrieve current VS Code Search view results for analysis or follow-up actions.

Stars

★ 187,604

Source

GitHub

Updated

2026-07-17

// securityLow risk

Prompt only, no code
Open source
Community-trusted· 187.6k

Running security audit…

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// install

Copy the install command and let the AI configure it · recommended for beginners

Please install the "get-search-view-results" skill from askskill:
1. Download https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/vscode/main/extensions/copilot/assets/prompts/skills/get-search-view-results/SKILL.md
2. Save it as ~/.claude/skills/get-search-view-results/SKILL.md
3. Reload skills and tell me it's ready

// download

Download SKILL.mdInstall manifest ↗

// examples

Summarize code search results

Prompt

Get the current results from the VS Code Search view, group matches by file, and summarize the hit count for each file.

Expected

A structured summary of search results by file, including match counts and key matched content.

Locate code to refactor

Prompt

Read the current search results, identify all files containing the old function name, and generate a refactoring checklist sorted by priority.

Expected

A prioritized list of files to refactor, with relevant match locations and suggested handling order.

Export debugging clues

Prompt

Get the current Search view results, extract all matches related to the error code, and organize them into a troubleshooting clue list.

Expected

A troubleshooting clue list containing files, matched text, and contextual information.

// docs

Getting Search View Results

VS Code has a search view, and it can have existing search results.
To get the current search results, you can use the VS Code command search.action.getSearchResults.
Run that command via the copilot_runVscodeCommand tool. Make sure to pass the skipCheck argument as true to avoid checking if the command exists, as we know it does.