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GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant, launched in 2021 as an autocomplete tool and now offering chat, an agent mode in the editor and a cloud agent that works on issues and pull requests. Because it ships inside GitHub and Microsoft's developer tools, it is the coding assistant many developers meet first.

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Technical previewJune 29, 2021

General availabilityJune 21, 2022; $10/month or $100/year at launch

ParentGitHub, acquired by Microsoft (completed October 26, 2018)

Plans (Oct 8, 2026)Free; Student (free); Pro $10/mo; Pro+ $39/mo; Max $100/mo; Business $19/seat/mo; Enterprise $39/seat/mo

Agent featuresAgent mode, cloud agent, plan mode, third-party agents, MCP

Facts verified Oct 8

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