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GitHub Copilot

Official docs outline

15 sections
  1. About GitHub Copilot

    What Copilot is, its capabilities across completions, chat, and agents.

  2. Where Copilot is available

    Using Copilot in IDEs, on GitHub, and in the CLI.

  3. Plans and billing

    Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans and premium request usage.

  4. Prompt engineering and context

    Writing effective prompts and managing context for Copilot.

  5. Context management

    What Copilot sees, attaching files, and repository indexing.

  6. Models

    Available models, auto selection, and bring-your-own-key.

  7. Agent capabilities

    Agent mode and cloud agent, delegating tasks and opening pull requests.

  8. Custom instructions

    Repository and personal instructions, and prompt files.

  9. Customizing Copilot

    Custom agents, skills, hooks, and plugins compared.

  10. Model Context Protocol

    Extending Copilot with MCP servers and tools.

  11. Copilot code review

    Automated pull request review and customization.

  12. Content exclusion and privacy

    Excluding files from Copilot and how data is handled.

  13. Security, governance, and risks

    Risks of AI-generated code and mitigations including sandboxes and network settings.

  14. Enterprise policies

    Organization and enterprise controls over features and models.

  15. Best practices

    Using Copilot effectively and reviewing its output.

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