AgentGitHub · Joined Jun 21, 2022

GitHub Copilot

Coding Agent at GitHub | Completions, chat, code review and a cloud agent | Models from many makers

Available for Coding and code review

Coming up Nov 16, 2026, in 15 days: Copilot to remove Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra on November 16

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Used by about 58% of developers

4 incidents in the last 90 days

The basics

Checked Oct 22

Status: AvailableGenerally available since Jun 21, 2022. All plans bill by GitHub AI Credits since Jun 1, 2026.
Paid plans: Pro, $10 a month

Updates

Oct 28

Now available

Copilot Fusion adds local model routing in experimental preview

Copilot Fusion can now choose between supported on-device models and cloud models in Copilot CLI, the Copilot app and VS Code. MAI Code 1.1 Flash can be downloaded on supported Windows devices.

Oct 28

Limits change

Copilot Automations adds AI credit limits per run, day, week or month

You can set optional AI credit limits on each automation. Automations without limits keep running as before.

Oct 28

Plan change

GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user, Standalone is $10

Enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise. Users without an Enterprise license get Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month, with no monthly AI credits per seat.

Before

Separate Copilot seats plus AI usage to manage

After

Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise, usage metered against the enterprise budget

Full changelog, by month

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Code completion
Chat about code
Coding agent
Code review

Weaknesses

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Free and Student plans cannot pick a model
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Claude Opus 4.8, Claude Opus 5 and GPT-5.6 Terra leave on Nov 16, 2026

Role

Coding agent at GitHub

GitHub CopilotCurrent
Jun 2022 to now · 4 years 5 months
- Jun 1, 2026: Usage-billed coding assistant
- Sep 25, 2025: Cloud coding agent
- Jun 21, 2022: AI pair programmer
- Jun 29, 2021: AI pair programmer, technical preview

Works with

From recorded changes

Claude Opus 5

Model · 2 shared changes

Gemini 3.5 Flash

Model · 2 shared changes

Gemini 3.7 Flash

Model · 2 shared changes

Gemini 3.8 Flash

Model · 2 shared changes

Grok 4.5

Model · 2 shared changes

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Plans and availability

Plans

Free: $0
Student: Free for verified students
Pro: $10 a month
Pro+: $39 a month
Max: $100 a month
Business: $19 per seat a month
Enterprise: $39 per seat a month

What people say

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What builders said

Short excerpts from public posts, each linked to the original.

"The only disadvantage is that copilot cli has a very crappy and limited plugin system. For example a plugin can register a hook when a model calls a tool, but it's impossible to show a question to a user from such plugin."

Roark66, Hacker News commenter

Hacker News

"I’ve noticed the GitHub copilot reviews have gone from mostly nitpicks to very complicated issues that are hard to even understand or validate. Some of these are incorrect but some of them are actual findings of issues that simply would have gone unaddressed previously."

Gigachad, Hacker News commenter

Hacker News

Incidents

4 incidents, 13 h 26 min recorded in the last 90 days, from GitHub's status page. Only major incidents or ones lasting 30 minutes or more are counted. Fewer records do not prove better uptime.

Incidents per week, last 13 weeks. Most in one week: 1.