Github Copilot CLI
Copilot's response to Claude Code and Codex CLI
Github Copilot CLI launched on September 27, 2025 with 419 votes, #50 of 8,160 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
GitHub Copilot CLI is a terminal-based coding agent that accepts instructions to edit files, run commands, and connect to MCP servers. Designed for developers, it uses Claude Sonnet 4 by default but supports other models. The tool integrates with existing Copilot plans for billing. It functions as GitHub's response to command-line coding assistants, bringing AI-powered code generation and execution to the terminal environment.
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From the sources
Copilot CLI is GitHub’s terminal-based coding agent. It accepts instructions, edits files, runs commands, and connects to MCP servers. Defaults to Claude Sonnet 4 but can switch to other models. Usage is billed via Copilot plans.
GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.
Run a GitHub-native agent in your terminal that works directly with your issues and pull requests, executes across a /fleet of parallelized subagents, and carries you from /plan to merged code. Read the documentation. Available with Copilot Free, Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise. Use /model to switch, then /fleet to execute in parallel or run multiple models at once. Return to long-running work and keep moving. Memory and compaction keep sessions from collapsing under their own history. Start in the CLI with a /plan , then open the work in VS Code to refine code directly. Compare plans and run /fleet across your preferred models to execute with parallelized subagents. Refine in your…from github.com
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