# GitHub Copilot

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Copilot, co-pilot, co pilot, GitHub co-pilot, Copilot AI

An [AI coding assistant](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/coding-agent) made by [GitHub](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/github). It suggests and writes code inside a [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer)'s [code editor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code-editor), and it can work as a coding agent in the [terminal](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terminal) and on GitHub. It is the same kind of tool as [Cursor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cursor), [Claude Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude-code) and [Codex](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/codex).

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) starts typing a function that formats phone numbers. Copilot proposes the rest, and the developer reads it before accepting.

Official site: <https://github.com/features/copilot>

## Connects to (7)

- [Coding agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/coding-agent): An AI agent that writes and changes code.
- [GitHub](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/github): A website where developers store code repositories, review each other's changes and work on software together.
- [Code editor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/code-editor): The program a developer uses to read and write code.
- [Cursor](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cursor): An AI code editor and coding agent made by the company Anysphere.
- [Claude Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude-code): An AI coding agent made by Anthropic.
- [Microsoft 365 Copilot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft-365-copilot): Microsoft's AI assistant built into its work apps, such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
- [Amazon Q](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/amazon-q): Amazon Web Services' AI assistant, now focused on developers: it helps write, review and run code on AWS.

## Follow

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/github)
- [X](https://x.com/github)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/github)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/github)
- [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@github)
- [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/github)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/github)


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/github-copilot