GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant integrated into GitHub and popular IDEs. Launched in 2021 as the first mainstream AI pair programmer, it has grown from simple code completions into a full AI coding platform with chat, code review, autonomous agents, and multi model support.
Capabilities
Code CompletionsReal time, multi line code suggestions as you type in VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, Xcode, Eclipse, and other editors
Copilot ChatConversational AI for explaining code, debugging, generating tests, and answering questions about your codebase
Code ReviewAI powered pull request review that identifies bugs, suggests improvements, and checks for security issues
Cloud Coding AgentAutonomous agent that can implement features, fix bugs, and deliver working pull requests from issue descriptions
JetBrains Agentic ModeFull agentic Copilot capabilities now available in JetBrains IDEs, bringing autonomous coding and chat to IntelliJ, PyCharm, and other JetBrains editors.
Multi Model SelectionChoose from GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Raptor models across all plans, including Claude Opus 4.8, GPT-5.5, and Gemini 3.5 Flash.
| Plan | Price | Key Features | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | $0/month | 2,000 completions/month, limited chat and agent usage, Haiku 4.5, GPT-5 mini, and more |
| Pro | Pro | $10/month | Unlimited completions, cloud agent, code review, third party agents, $15/month AI Credits |
| Pro+ | Pro+ | $39/month | Everything in Pro, premium models including Opus, audit logs, $70/month AI Credits |
| Max | Max | $100/month | Everything in Pro+, priority access to new models and features, $200/month AI Credits |
| Business | Business | $19/user/month | 1,900 AI credits/user, org management, policy controls, IP indemnity |
| Enterprise | Enterprise | $39/user/month | 3,900 AI credits/user, priority models, codebase indexing, knowledge bases, SAML SSO |
Deep GitHub Integration
Copilot is deeply integrated with GitHub's platform. The coding agent opens pull requests directly, code review happens on GitHub PRs, and Copilot Chat can reference your repository context. With the MCP server, Copilot's capabilities extend even further, allowing AI agents to manage the full GitHub workflow programmatically.