GitHub Copilot CLI
GH Copilot graduated into its own CLI. Not a rename—an upgrade. It’s now an agent that can understand your repo, propose edits, run commands, and even open PRs—with approvals.
At a Glance
Limited access to GitHub Copilot CLI with basic features
30-day free trial of GitHub Copilot Pro
Engagement
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Updated Feb 2026
About GitHub Copilot CLI
GitHub Copilot CLI is a terminal-native interface to the Copilot coding agent. It runs locally, understands your repository and GitHub context, and can plan and execute tasks such as making code changes, running commands with approval gates, committing, and opening or managing pull requests. It supports interactive chat and programmatic one-shot prompts, MCP-powered extensibility, and model selection via an environment variable. Copilot CLI is currently in public preview and available on Linux, macOS, and Windows (WSL or experimental PowerShell).
Community Discussions
Some copilot CLI tips
Been trying this for a few days, here are some tips and ideas: Kind of nice that this now aligns the names for both the @copilot agent in Github.com and the CLI agent. Launch only from trusted directories only; approvals are required unless you explicitly allow tools. Consider containers/VMs for ext…
Pricing
Free
Limited access to GitHub Copilot CLI with basic features
- 50 agent mode or chat requests per month
- 2,000 completions per month
- Access to Claude Sonnet 3.5, GPT-4.1, and more
Pro Trial
30-day free trial of GitHub Copilot Pro
- Full access to Pro features
- No credit card required
- Automatically converts to paid subscription after trial
Pro
Unlimited completions and chats with access to more models
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited agent mode and chats with GPT-5 mini
- Unlimited code completions
- Access to code review, Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and more
- 6x more premium requests than Copilot Free
- Coding agent
Pro+
Maximum flexibility and model choice
- Everything in Pro
- Access to all models, including Claude Opus 4.1, o3, and more
- 30x more premium requests than Copilot Free
- Access to GitHub Spark
Capabilities
Key Features
- Interactive and programmatic modes (`copilot` or `--prompt`)
- Repository-aware edits and refactors from natural language
- Runs shell commands with explicit user approvals
- Git operations by prompt (commit, branch, revert)
- Create, manage, and merge pull requests from the CLI
- Integrates GitHub context (issues, PRs, workflows)
- MCP-based extensibility; ships with GitHub MCP server
- Model selection via `COPILOT_MODEL`; default Claude Sonnet 4