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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 4.8, 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. SDK 0.1.32+ supports fine-grained system prompt customization, OpenTelemetry telemetry, and backward compatibility with v2 CLI servers. 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)
- ✓Multi-model support (GPT-5.6 Sol/Terra/Luna, Claude Sonnet 5, Opus 4.8, Kimi K2.7 Code)
- ✓Copilot Vision (visual capabilities)
- ✓BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) for enterprises
- ✓MCP integration (OAuth support, client_credentials grant)
- ✓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
- ✓MDM managed settings deployment
- ✓Session cost and usage tracking
- ✓Codex as agent provider (JetBrains)
- ✓Enterprise security and compliance
- ✓Per-user budgets and cost centers
- ✓Official Ollama extension support