Allison announces the public preview of GitHub Copilot CLI, a command line tool that delivers AI-powered coding assistance, GitHub repository integration, and extensibility for developers working directly in their terminal.

GitHub Copilot CLI Now in Public Preview

GitHub Copilot CLI brings the capabilities of GitHub Copilot directly to your terminal, providing an AI coding agent that works alongside you in a command-line environment.

Key Features

  • Terminal-Native Development: Interact with Copilot without leaving your command line—minimizing context switching.
  • Integrated GitHub Experience: Manage repositories, issues, and pull requests using natural language, authenticated with your GitHub account.
  • Agentic Capabilities: Collaboratively build, edit, debug, and refactor code. Copilot CLI can interpret tasks, plan solutions, and execute multi-step processes with your approval.
  • Extensibility with MCP Server: The agent ships with GitHub’s MCP server by default and can use custom MCP servers, allowing developers to extend or customize its behaviors.
  • Control and Transparency: Preview all actions before anything is run, ensuring full control over operations.

Getting Started

  1. Install via npm: Run npm install -g @github/copilot.
  2. Authenticate: Sign in with your GitHub account.
  3. Subscription: Use with Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, or Enterprise plans.

Use Cases

  • Explore Codebases: Quickly understand unfamiliar code or jumpstart contributions.
  • Implement Features from Issues: Let the agent help implement features described in GitHub issues.
  • Debugging: Receive intelligent suggestions and assistance debugging code locally.

Resources

Author

Allison

GitHub Copilot CLI streamlines the development process by embedding AI-powered collaboration directly into terminal workflows.

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