GitHub Copilot CLI · GitHub (Microsoft)

confidence: highactive★ 10,921

GitHub's terminal agent (GA February 2026) that brings the Copilot coding agent to the CLI, distinguished by deep GitHub.com integration (built-in GitHub MCP server, in-terminal Issues/PRs/Gists tabs), an Autopilot autonomous mode, custom .agent.md agents, multi-vendor model choice, and AI-credit-based billing.

Identity

Homepage	https://github.com/features/copilot/cli
Repository	https://github.com/github/copilot-cli
License	proprietary
Domain	coding
Form factor	cli · tui · ci-step

Model support

Model-agnostic	partial
Native models	Claude Opus 4.6 · Claude Sonnet 4.6 · Claude Haiku 4.5 · GPT-5.x · Gemini 3
Local models	○ no
Pricing	subscription

Extensibility

MCP client	✓ yes
Agent Skills support	partial
Plugins / hooks	? unknown

Execution & safety

Sandboxing	none
Autonomy spectrum	supervised → semi-autonomous → autonomous-local → background-cloud
Subagents	✓ yes
Parallel sessions	✓ yes
Context management	compaction · persistent-memory

Integration & evidence

Headless / API	✓ yes
GitHub integration	✓ yes
Sources	https://github.com/github/copilot-cli https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-25-github-copilot-cli-is-now-generally-available/ https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-23-copilot-cli-new-terminal-interface-is-generally-available/ https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/models-and-pricing

✓ profile last verified 2026-07-08 · benchmark figures are vendor-reported unless a source states otherwise