GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is an AI pair programmer that provides autocomplete, chat, agent mode, and an asynchronous cloud coding agent integrated into GitHub. ## Key Features - **Autocomplete**: Real-time code suggestions as you type - **Agent mode**: Real-time collaborator that iterates on code in your editor - **Coding agent**: Asynchronous cloud agent that picks up issues and opens PRs - **Custom agents**: Specialized agents with access to specific tools and MCP servers - **Agent skills**: Instruction folders that improve performance for specialized tasks - **AGENTS.md support**: Loads project instructions automatically ## Agent Mode vs Coding Agent - **Agent mode**: Synchronous, works in IDE, pair programming experience - **Coding agent**: Asynchronous, runs in GitHub Actions, fire-and-forget tasks ## Usage ```bash # VS Code # Install "GitHub Copilot" extension # CLI gh extension install github/gh-copilot gh copilot suggest "add authentication to this app" ```