Skip to content
← Tools / Skills
ToolGitHub (Microsoft)/10 trustVerified

GitHub Copilot

The original AI pair programmer — $10/mo, 2M+ subscribers, now with Agent mode.

Visit official site →

About

GitHub Copilot (2021) is the original AI pair programmer: code completion that became the industry standard, now with Agent mode (autonomous coding), Copilot Chat, and deep GitHub integration (PR summaries, code review).

Commercial: $10/mo Pro ($19/mo Business, $39/mo Enterprise). 2M+ paying subscribers (reported). The safe enterprise choice — Microsoft's compliance, SSO, and IP indemnification. For organizations that need AI coding with enterprise controls, Copilot is the default. The model choice (GPT, Claude) is now flexible.

What it can do

  • • AI code completion (the original)\n• Agent mode: autonomous coding\n• Copilot Chat and code review\n• PR summaries and GitHub integration\n• Multiple model choices\n• Enterprise: SSO, IP indemnification

Setup

  1. Subscribe at https://github.com/features/copilot.\n2. Install the Copilot extension in VS Code, JetBrains, or Neovim.\n3. Sign in with GitHub; start coding with Tab completion.\nEnable Agent mode for autonomous tasks.

Prerequisites

A GitHub account; a supported IDE; a Copilot subscription.

Use cases

coding-agentscodeide-extensionsdebuggingenterprise-knowledge-base

Works with

Any agent (.md)customCopilotvscode

Trust score — 8/10

/10 trustVerified

Scored 8/10 (verified tier). 2M+ subscribers, the industry standard, with enterprise-grade compliance and IP indemnification. Docked two points: (1) closed ecosystem — GitHub/Microsoft lock-in; (2) agent mode is newer than competitors'. The safe enterprise choice.

How the trust score is built

Full methodology →
Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
10.0/10
Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
5.0/10
Openness · license + docs
4.8/10
Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
9.0/10
  • · provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric)
  • · 2M+ paying subscribers (reported); industry standard
  • · no release date — neutral maintenance score
  • · manual review: enterprise-grade compliance; GitHub/Microsoft lock-in; license: proprietary — $10/mo Pro; enterprise tiers with IP indemnification

Sources

Every fact above was checked against these sources. Where a claim comes from the provider and couldn't be independently verified, the text says so.