We have published a new guide to Copilot Extensions within the Copilot Partner Program (CPP) on our partners page. To currently build extensions, you need to be part of the CPP. Click here to read the full article and learn more about the program.
Since the initial beta release of the Copilot User Management API, we’ve heard feedback that obtaining the full set of Copilot seats and their associated activity status has been cumbersome. Many enterprise admins did not have the necessary “write” permissions and needed to iterate over multiple organizations’ data due to the lack of an enterprise endpoint.
With today’s update, we’ve added a centralized enterprise endpoint for listing Copilot seats and associated metadata across the enterprise. We have also updated the necessary scope to read:enterprise. Now, all enterprise admins can quickly gather their enterprise’s Copilot seats details with just one API request!
Likewise, for existing, non-destructive endpoints on the User Management API, we have updated all minimum permission requirements to read from write.
Check out our updated documentation to learn more and try it out today! You can share your feedback with us in this discussion.
GitHub Copilot Enterprise users in Visual Studio Code can now get answers from Copilot Chat enriched with context from Copilot knowledge bases and Bing search results.
To get started, make sure you’re running the latest release of the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code, and then check out the docs.
You can now access your knowledge bases from any Copilot Chat conversation in VS Code by typing @github #kb, selecting a knowledge base from the list, and then entering your question.
Copilot will respond, using the Markdown documentation in your knowledge base as context for its answer. This allows Copilot Enterprise users to combine search results and internal documentation with editor context using existing chat variables like #file and #selection.
GitHub Copilot can now search Bing within chat conversations in VS Code to answer questions and find information outside of its general knowledge or your codebase.
To get answers enriched with Bing search results, start your message with @github. Copilot will intelligently decide when to use Bing – or you can ask it to run a search by adding #web to your query. You can ask questions like @github What is the latest LTS version of Node.js?.
Bing search is only available if enabled by an administrator – for more details, see “Enabling GitHub Copilot Enterprise features”.
GitHub Copilot Enterprise subscribers in Visual Studio can now use Copilot Chat to get answers enriched with context from their entire repository (not just open tabs!) and Bing search results.
To try out this functionality, install Visual Studio 17.11 Preview 2, and then check out the docs.
Copilot Chat can now answer questions with understanding of your full repository, not just the tabs you have open. Index your repository on GitHub.com, and then ask a question mentioning @github. You can ask questions like @github Where is device detection implemented?.
GitHub Copilot can now search Bing to find information outside of its general knowledge or your codebase. When you mention @github, Copilot will intelligently decide when to use Bing. You can ask questions like @github What are the breaking changes in Next.js v14?.
Bing search is only available if enabled by an administrator – for more details, see “Enabling GitHub Copilot Enterprise features”.
We are excited to announce that compliance reports are now available for GitHub Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise. Specifically, GitHub has published a SOC 2 Type I report for Copilot Business (including code completion in the IDE, and chat in the IDE, CLI, and Mobile). This Type 1 report demonstrates that Copilot Business has the controls in place necessary to protect the security of the service. We will include Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise in our next SOC 2 Type 2 report coming in late 2024, covering April 1 to September 30, 2024.
Additionally, Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise are now included in the scope of GitHub’s Information Security Management System, as reflected in our ISO 27001 certificate updated on May 9, 2024. This certification demonstrates that Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise are developed and operated using the same security processes and standards as the rest of GitHub’s products.
Together, these reports reflect GitHub’s commitment to demonstrate our high bar for security and compliance to our customers. To learn more, please review our documentation on how to access compliance reports and certifications for your enterprise or for your organization.
Tell me about this repo
Ask about releases: Copilot can now tell you about a release or retrieve the most recent release in a repository. Ask Copilot to summarize the latest release from your favorite open source projects and use Copilot to dig into issues or changes tied to the release notes. To learn more, see “Asking exploratory questions about a repository” in the GitHub docs.
Try it yourself: Navigate to an open source repository on GitHub.com, and ask Copilot to Tell me about the latest release
Understand changes happening in your codebase: Copilot can now list changes (commits) related to a pull request and dig into specific commits if you need to understand a change in detail. To learn more, see “Asking a question about a specific commit” in the GitHub docs.
Summarize the changes in this commitDon’t know where to begin? Copilot Chat on GitHub.com now makes suggestions when you open a new conversation based on where you are. Whether you’re summarizing issues, creating unit tests, or discovering what Copilot can do, Chat already knows your GitHub context and what you might be trying to achieve.
With these latest updates for Copilot Enterprise, it’s now easier for you to get up to speed on your repos, their releases and latest changes faster and more seamlessly. You can learn more in our docs.
GitHub Copilot Extensions is now in Limited Public Beta. With extensions, you can now extend the capabilities of GitHub Copilot Chat and enhance the experience to perform a wide range of actions across third-party tools, services, and data. Create feature flags, check log errors, access API documentation, and even deploy your application to the cloud all through natural language.
We’re starting with GitHub Copilot Extensions from DataStax, Docker, Lambda Test, LaunchDarkly, McKinsey & Company, Octopus Deploy, Pangea, Pinecone, Product Science, ReadMe, Sentry, and Teams Toolkit on the GitHub Marketplace. In the coming weeks, all users will be able to access extensions from Stripe, MongoDB, and Microsoft (including Teams Toolkit and Office) on Visual Studio Marketplace for VS Code as well.
Currently, access to Copilot Extensions is limited to a small set of users and we are planning to gradually roll out larger-scale access as we learn more & gather feedback. To learn more about Copilot Extensions and how to use them, check out the documentation and the GitHub Marketplace.
If you’re looking to build a GitHub Copilot Extension, there are several ways. Join the Copilot Partner Program to explore opportunities to bring your developer tools and services into the GitHub Copilot ecosystem and have extensions light up across all supported clients (VS Code, Visual Studio, and Github.com). If you’re looking to build a VS Code extension specifically, documentation is available here.
Questions or suggestions? Join the conversation in the community discussion.
We’ve updated how we calculate Last Activity to give you better clarity and are pausing access to the Team endpoint in the Metrics API.
Last Activity calculationAhead of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API launch, we made an update to how we calculate Last Activity in order to provide more useful information for admins. Previously, this data point indicated the last time a user generated a Copilot authentication token, which happened automatically if the user’s editor was active. This did not mean the user was engaging with Copilot but rather, the extension was ensuring it could provide completions or chat access if needed.
To align this data point with actual usage, we updated our system to grab the most recent instance where the user deliberately engaged with the Copilot system. These actions include but are not limited to:
– Code completion suggestions show
– Chatting with Copilot Chat in IDEs
– Creating or updating a knowledge base
– Creating a pull request summary
– Interacting with Copilot on GitHub.com
As part of this update, we also needed to perform system cleanup on the vast amount of previous token generated events that were no longer relevant to providing this data point. Some data was erroneously removed but has since been restored.
The Last Activity date should be consistent across the CSV generated via Get Report in Copilot Access settings as well as through the Seats Management API.
Based on trends in feedback, the product team has learned that the Teams route of the Metrics API returns data that is not meeting the goals of our intended customer experience. In light, they have made the decision to temporarily pull the Teams route from production as of May 9th, 2024. During this time, the team will implement a collection of fixes intended to improve end users’ data experience and plan to re-enable the route by the end of June, at latest.
We understand this may be disappointing but the team is working to restore access as soon as possible. You can provide feedback and follow along for updates via this Discussion.
Another month means more exciting updates to GitHub Copilot Enterprise! 📆 Check out what’s new below:
Summarize this issueGot feedback on any of these updates or Copilot Enterprise more generally? Join the discussion within GitHub Community.
We’re excited to announce the public beta of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API, available to all customers of GitHub Copilot Business and GitHub Copilot Enterprise starting today.
The GitHub Copilot Metrics API is designed to supply you with information about Copilot’s usage within your organizations. The data from the API is intended to be consumed and combined with your organization’s own data to create greater visibility into how Copilot fits into the bigger picture of your software development cycle.
The endpoint will supply data for the previous 28 days of usage history, on a rolling basis.
Data is summarized by day, and is refreshed at day end.
Date ranges and pagination are now available.
This iteration of the GitHub Copilot Metrics API is focused on serving metrics for Copilot Chat and code completions that take place in the IDE.
Code completion metrics: Lines of Code Suggested, Lines of Code Accepted, Number of Suggestions, Number of Acceptances, and Active Users with slices on language, and IDE.
Copilot Chat metrics: Number of Chats, Chat Suggestions Accepted, and Active Users. The endpoint does not currently feature slices on language or IDE for Chat metrics.
Team-level aggregates for GitHub teams with five or more members are also available.
To help you get started, we have prepared comprehensive documentation and resources:
Visualization: You can find an open source tool for consuming and visualizing data from the endpoint here.
Metrics Export: Generate a flattened CSV from the endpoint using GitHub Actions here.
Learning Pathway: You can find an extended article on measuring the impact of GitHub Copilot here.
Your feedback during this beta phase is invaluable to us. We encourage you to share your experiences, which will be instrumental in refining and enhancing the API as we look toward the future.
Stay tuned for updates and enhancements throughout the beta period. We’re committed to delivering a robust and feature-rich API that meets your needs and expectations.**
It’s been a little over a month since GitHub Copilot Enterprise became generally available. Check out what’s new below!
Copilot Chat in GitHub.com now uses faster and smarter embedding models to power content retrieval, giving Copilot higher quality and more relevant context when searching code and knowledge bases.
Copilot Chat in GitHub.com now knows about the programming languages used in the repository you’re looking at: Copilot could sometimes give answers based on a programming language not used by your project. Copilot now knows what programming languages a repository uses, so it can give code examples more tailored to your context.
It’s now easier to ask Copilot about the changed files in a diff: From the files changed view, you can now pick the files you’re most interested in asking Copilot about.
You can also now ask Copilot about specific lines in a diff more easily by clicking on the Copilot icon when you hover on a line of code.
A big thank you to all of our customers for the great feedback you’ve been providing. We’ve made a whole bunch of small fixes, including:
You can now start typing your next question to Copilot while the current response is still generating: Previously you had to wait for Copilot’s message to complete generating before a follow-up question could be composed.
Keyboard up/down arrows can now be used to cycle through past messages: Perhaps you want to ask a similar question from earlier in the conversation history? Hitting the up key on your keyboard will now enable you to cycle through previous messages.
Copilot Chat in GitHub.com now has better support for Japanese and Chinese characters: Previously the message could be submitted to Copilot after the IME conversion selection but before the user was ready to send the message to Copilot.
We are excited to announce Copilot in the CLI is now generally available (GA) for all our Copilot Individual, Business, and Enterprise customers.
Copilot in the CLI allows users to access the power of GitHub Copilot to get command suggestions and explanations without leaving the terminal. Starting today, developers can also use GitHub Copilot to execute suggested commands based on feedback shared during the public beta.
GitHub Copilot in the CLI has also gained a couple of helper aliases for Bash, PowerShell, and Zsh. The new gh copilot alias command generates shell-specific configuration for ghcs and ghce aliases. These aliases use fewer keystrokes to jump into the gh copilot experience. Additionally, the new ghcs alias streamlines the process for executing commands suggested while making them available for later reuse!
If you were already using Public Beta:
gh extension upgrade gh-copilot.If you haven’t enabled Copilot in the CLI yet or coming from the GitHub Next technical preview
After receiving access to Copilot in the CLI, consult our guide on how to install the tool and get started.
We are dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation. Your feedback remains a crucial part of our development process, and we look forward to hearing more about your experiences with GitHub Copilot in the CLI. Please use our public repository to provide feedback or ideas on how to improve the product.
Following our Private Beta, we are thrilled to announce Copilot Chat in JetBrains IDEs is now generally available (GA) for all our Copilot Individual, Business, and Enterprise customers.
Driven by GPT-4, GitHub Copilot Chat provides instant guidance directly within various JetBrains IDEs, such as PyCharm, IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, Rider, and more. This contextually-aware tool tailors suggestions to your specific coding tasks and even allows explicitly adding files for reference. It empowers developers to innovate efficiently by assisting with complex concepts, code explanations, unit testing, and many more use cases, all while effortlessly adjusting to your preferred language style.
If you were already using Private Beta:
– No further action is required. You can continue using the chat feature as usual.
If you haven’t enabled Chat and want to use GitHub Copilot Chat in JetBrains IDEs
We are dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation. Your feedback remains a crucial part of our development process, and we look forward to hearing more about your experiences with GitHub Copilot Chat for JetBrains IDEs. Please use this link to share your feedback or ideas on how to improve the product.
Join the discussion within GitHub Community.
We’re excited to announce a new update to the model powering Copilot Code Completion across all IDEs! This update includes improved instruction following and performance improvement for our users. Here are the details:
GitHub Copilot Enterprise, our most advanced AI offering to date, is now generally available. With GitHub Copilot Enterprise, you can:
Following on from our limited public beta, we are bringing the following improvements to GitHub Copilot Enterprise today to make Copilot even smarter:
Ready to give Copilot Chat in GitHub.com a try? Here are some suggested prompts to get you started: