GitHub Copilot Chat

The chat half of GitHub Copilot, as its own extension.

Ask questions about your code, get whole-file edits and run agent tasks in a side panel. It needs a Copilot plan, and installs alongside the completions extension rather than replacing it.

Key info

Pricing

Freemium

Platform

macOS · Windows · Linux

Category

Plugins

Best for

Beginner

Needs

A GitHub Copilot plan; the free one includes a monthly allowance of chats

Paid plans from

GitHub Copilot Pro, $10 a month

Works in

VS Code, Visual Studio and JetBrains

Install

GitHub Copilot Chat, alongside the GitHub Copilot extension

Models

Claude, GPT and Gemini, in the model picker

Good for

Asking about your code where you already have Copilot

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