GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered pair programmer that provides context-aware code suggestions, chat assistance, and an autonomous coding agent across IDEs and GitHub.

An intelligent coding assistant that works alongside you in the IDE or GitHub, offering autocomplete, in-editor chat, intelligent pull request creation, and code review.

Copilot provides real-time suggestions ranging from lines to complete functions, refactors code, drafts documentation, writes unit tests, and understands multi-file context. Its agent mode can proactively resolve issues, write code, run tests, and propose complete pull requests for human review.

Key Features & Capabilities

Custom instructions, knowledge base indexing, and extension support allow teams to tailor Copilot’s behavior. Enterprise users gain access to agent features, code autorun workflows, and deeper organization-level governance.

• Autocomplete code for lines, functions, classes using context
• Ask Copilot Chat questions inside IDE or GitHub UI
• Generate and review pull requests autonomously via agent mode
• Explain, refactor, and test existing code across multiple files
• Support for Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Go and more
• Enterprise governance: custom instructions, knowledge bases, SSO

Why Developers Choose Copilot

Begin with Copilot Free in GitHub or IDE to explore autocomplete and chat. Upgrade to Pro, Business, or Enterprise to unlock agent workflows, knowledge-base customization, and enterprise governance features.

“Copilot increases developer productivity by up to 55%, and satisfaction by up to 75%, by reducing boilerplate work and enabling faster iteration.”

Getting Started

GitHub Copilot empowers engineers to code faster, focus on creative problem-solving, and reduce manual overhead—while providing advanced automation on issue-based workflows.