About
GitHub Copilot is Microsoft/GitHub's AI programming assistant, deeply integrated into VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, Neovim, Xcode, Raycast, and other major IDEs. Offers code completion, chat, Agent mode, code review, Copilot CLI, and standalone desktop app. Powered by GPT-4o, GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 5, Grok 4.5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code, and other models, with BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) support. CLI reached 1.0 GA with cross-device session sync, remote monitoring, MCP OAuth, plugin system, and /delegate async task delegation. Copilot Vision, code review agent skills, and MCP are now generally available. Enterprise features include team model policy targeting, managed settings deployment, usage metrics impact dashboard, AI credit session limits, and dedicated app access policy. Has the largest user base and broadest IDE support.
Key Features
- ✓Code completion and suggestions
- ✓Copilot Chat
- ✓Agent mode and Agentic Workflows
- ✓Multi-IDE support (VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, Neovim, Xcode, Raycast)
- ✓Copilot CLI 1.0 GA (cross-device session sync, remote monitoring)
- ✓Copilot desktop app (macOS, Windows, Linux)
- ✓Code review (GitHub, Azure Repos, Jira) - Agent skills and MCP generally available
- ✓Multi-model support (GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Claude Sonnet 5, Opus 5, Grok 4.5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Kimi K2.7 Code)
- ✓Copilot Vision (visual capabilities) - generally available
- ✓BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) for enterprises - expanded JetBrains capabilities
- ✓MCP integration (OAuth support, client_credentials grant) - generally available
- ✓Chat history queries (/chronicle)
- ✓Workspace semantic search and grep queries
- ✓/delegate async task delegation (auto PR and branch creation)
- ✓Plugin system (GitHub repos, URLs, local paths)
- ✓SDK fine-grained system prompt customization (10 configurable sections)
- ✓OpenTelemetry telemetry export - improved JetBrains configuration
- ✓MDM managed settings deployment
- ✓Session cost and usage tracking
- ✓AI credit session limits (CLI and SDK)
- ✓Enterprise team model policy targeting (public preview)
- ✓Enterprise managed settings (Copilot app and cloud agent)
- ✓Usage metrics impact dashboard
- ✓Dedicated Copilot app access policy
- ✓Limit remote control to managed devices
- ✓Copilot cloud agent (Linear generally available)
- ✓Browser tools (VS Code generally available)
- ✓Security reviews (Copilot app)
- ✓Agent automation controls (GitHub Issues public preview)
- ✓Per-user budgets and cost centers
- ✓Official Ollama extension support