# Using Copilot CLI to generate emoji lists

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-copilot-cli-to-generate-emoji-lists/680846>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [April 25, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-copilot-cli-to-generate-emoji-lists/680846 "2026-04-25T14:00:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![sora](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sora/32/31259_2.png) [@sora](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sora)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-copilot-cli-to-generate-emoji-lists/680846/1 "2026-04-25T14:00:24Z")

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GitHub shows a small demo of using Copilot CLI to build an emoji list generator live on a Rubber Duck Thursday stream, which is a neat little look at how they’re framing the tool.

> **[Building an emoji list generator with the GitHub Copilot CLI](https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/building-an-emoji-list-generator-with-the-github-copilot-cli/)**
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> See how we created an emoji list generator during the Rubber Duck Thursday stream.

Here’s the image from the GitHub Copilot CLI emoji list generator post.

 ![list](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/f/9/f93eb7ba1dea63bdcfcc6ccf8ba4c0beb092f9ca.png)

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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-copilot-cli-to-generate-emoji-lists/680846/2 "2026-04-25T14:49:26Z")

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Cute demo, but it’s very “conference magic trick” vibes — the hard bit is what happens when the output needs to be predictable and maintained by someone who didn’t watch the stream. I’m more interested in whether Copilot CLI can be nudged into generating decent help text and error messages, because that’s where these little utilities usually fall apart.

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**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2026, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/using-copilot-cli-to-generate-emoji-lists/680846/3 "2026-04-26T06:00:13Z")

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Lol same