GitHub Copilot

What it is

This section summarises GitHub's own documentation. It is not a hands-on assessment.

GitHub Copilot is an AI assistant that plugs into editors you already use rather than replacing them. GitHub lists Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, Vim, Neovim, Zed and Eclipse, plus the Copilot CLI, GitHub.com and GitHub Mobile.

• Inline suggestions and next edit suggestions as you type. On paid plans they are unlimited and do not consume AI credits; Copilot Free caps completions at 2,000 a month.
• Chat and agent mode in the editor: an agent that finds code, makes changes across files and runs checks.
• The cloud agent (paid plans): assign it a task and it works in the background and opens a pull request.
• Copilot code review on pull requests. On private repositories it also consumes GitHub Actions minutes.
• MCP servers, custom instructions and bring-your-own-key models in VS Code.

Since 1 June 2026 every plan bills by GitHub AI Credits, worth $0.01 each and consumed by tokens. Pro includes 1,500 credits a month, Pro+ 7,000 and Max 20,000, each split into a fixed base and a "flex" amount that GitHub says may change over time. Business and Enterprise seats include 1,900 and 3,900 credits per user. Verified students get Copilot Student for free, and some verified teachers and maintainers of popular open source projects can get Pro for free.

Pricing

Model	freemium
Paid plans from	$10/month (Pro)
Notes	Free: 2,000 completions a month plus limited chat and agent use. Pro $10, Pro+ $39, Max $100 a month, each with GitHub AI Credits ($0.01 each) for chat and agents. Completions and next edit suggestions use no credits. Business $19, Enterprise $39 per seat. Free for verified students.
Checked	October 29, 2026