GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI assistant for writing and shipping code. It helps in your editor, in the terminal (Copilot CLI), in a desktop app and directly on GitHub, where its cloud agent can pick up an issue, open a pull request and review code.

Anyone who writes code, from students and hobbyists to large engineering organisations already on GitHub.

1. 1Sign in to (or create) a GitHub account.
2. 2Pick a plan at github.com/features/copilot/plans; the Free plan needs no payment.
3. 3Install the Copilot extension in your editor (for example VS Code), the Copilot CLI or the desktop app.
4. 4Sign in with GitHub inside the tool and start chatting or assigning tasks.
5. 5Follow the quickstart at docs.github.com/en/copilot.

• –A GitHub account
• –A supported editor (such as VS Code), the terminal or the desktop app

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• –Code completions and chat in your editor
• –Agent mode and a cloud agent that turns issues into pull requests
• –Copilot code review
• –Copilot CLI in the terminal
• –Works across many editors and on github.com

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