GitHub Copilot

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An AI-powered code completion and assistance tool integrated into code editors. GitHub Copilot uses OpenAI Codex (and newer models) to suggest code completions, generate functions from comments, explain code, and answer programming questions. Available as IDE extensions and CLI.

Implements

Concepts this tool claims to implement:

  • Code-Executing Agent secondary

    Copilot Chat can generate and explain code. Copilot Workspace (preview) provides agentic planning and multi-file code generation. Not fully autonomous but assists code execution tasks.

  • Tool-Using Agent secondary

    Copilot Extensions allow third-party tools. Copilot can invoke external capabilities through the extension system.

  • Inference Endpoint secondary

    Underlying model inference provided by GitHub/Microsoft infrastructure. Users interact through IDE, not direct API.

Integration Surfaces

  • VS Code extension
  • JetBrains plugin
  • Neovim plugin
  • Visual Studio extension
  • GitHub.com integration
  • CLI (gh copilot)

Details

Vendor
GitHub (Microsoft)
License
Proprietary
Runs On
cloud
Used By
human

Links

Notes

GitHub Copilot is the most widely adopted AI coding assistant. Individual, Business, and Enterprise tiers available. Copilot Workspace and Agents are expanding into more agentic territory. Trained on public GitHub code, which raised licensing concerns addressed by code reference features.

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