Backed by the leaders in AI, GitHub Copilot provides contextualized assistance throughout the software development lifecycle, from code completions and chat assistance in the IDE to code explanations and answers to docs in GitHub and more.

Use Copilot Chat in your editor to give you code suggestions, explain code, generate unit tests, and suggest code fixes. You can use GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub to answer general questions about software development, or specific questions about the issues or code in a repository.

Use this cheat sheet to quickly reference the most common commands and options for using GitHub Copilot Chat.

GitHub Copilot adapts to your unique needs allowing you to select the best model for your project, customize chat responses with custom instructions, and utilize agent mode for AI-powered, seamlessly integrated peer programming sessions.

Copilot Chat can identify and resolve syntax errors or structural issues in JSON data. Copilot Chat can help handle API rate limits by suggesting code that detects implements retry logic. Copilot …

Dec 18, 2024 · Elevate your coding skills with our redesigned Copilot Chat, now featuring a dedicated home on GitHub. Immersive chat experience at github.com/copilot: Copilot is now just one click away, offering a seamless and immersive chat directly on GitHub.

Feb 26, 2025 · You can use GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio to get coding information and support, such as syntax, programming concepts, context-specific code help, test cases, debugging, and more, without leaving the IDE.

Interact with GitHub Copilot through AI-powered chat conversations in VS Code to generate code, increase your code understanding, and even configure your editor.

Dec 29, 2023 · GitHub Copilot Chat is now available to all GitHub Copilot individual users. Enterprise and organization administrators can grant their development teams access to Copilot Chat by enabling the Copilot Chat setting for their users.

Copilot Chat lets you interact with GitHub Copilot by using natural language, to ask and receive answers to coding-related questions. In this tutorial, you'll be creating a simple Node.js web application.