GitHub Copilot

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What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant intended to support developers while they write, understand, review, and modify code.

Documented capabilities

• Suggest code while a developer types in a supported IDE.
• Answer coding questions and assist with explanations, fixes, and tests.
• Support selected command-line, pull-request, planning, and agent workflows.

Common use cases

• Code completion and refactoring support
• Understanding unfamiliar code
• Planning, testing, and reviewing changes

What to verify before choosing

• Developers remain responsible for review, testing, security, licensing, and correctness.
• Available models and agent features depend on plan, organization policy, and development environment.

Official source

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