GitHub Copilot

AI pair programmer in your editor: completions, chat and coding agent.

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What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant that works inside popular editors such as VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs and Xcode. It suggests code as you type, including predictions of your next edit. Copilot Chat answers questions, explains code, writes tests and suggests fixes. In agent mode it takes a task, decides which files to change, edits them and runs commands until the job is done. There is a free plan, and verified students can get it at no cost.

Key features

  • Code completions as you type
  • Next-edit suggestions
  • Chat to explain, fix and test code
  • Agent mode for multi-file tasks
  • Works in VS Code, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Xcode and more
  • Free for verified students

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