GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is an AI developer tool that helps developers build software by providing contextualized help at every stage of the development process. It can provide code completions based on the project's context and style conventions as developers type. It can also convert natural language prompts into coding suggestions. It can also provide chat assistance, answering questions about codebases and explaining code. It can also track work and suggest pull request descriptions.

GitHub Copilot can be extended through integrations with other tools and services. For example, developers can check log errors, create feature flags, and deploy applications to the cloud. GitHub Copilot works with multiple integrated development environments (IDEs), including Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim and Neovim, as well as terminals through GitHub CLI.

Pricing tiers include:

• Copilot Individual: $10 USD per month or $100 USD per year for individual developers, freelancers, students and educators.
• Copilot Business: $19 USD per user per month for companies that want to increase engineering velocity and code quality.
• Copilot Enterprise: $39 USD per user per month for companies that need customization and deeper AI integration.

GitHub Copilot helps developers work more efficiently by providing suggestions, explanations and collaboration tools. It can also help developers improve code quality by blocking insecure coding patterns and explaining code. It can be useful for developers who want to work more efficiently and make coding easier.

Examples of where it can be used include Figma, where it can be used to provide personalized, natural language recommendations, and Duolingo, where it can be used to let engineers be force multipliers for expertise with Codespaces.

GitHub Copilot is integrated with other GitHub features like GitHub Mobile and GitHub CLI, so developers can use it on whatever device and in whatever workflow they prefer. GitHub trained the tool on natural language text and source code from publicly available sources, including code in public repositories on GitHub.

Published on June 23, 2024