GitHub Copilot CLI
CLI tool bringing GitHub Copilot AI agent capabilities to the terminal.
Agent, MCP and tool libraries npm SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md
How GitHub Copilot CLI is used
GitHub Copilot CLI joined the catalog on its public numbers (1,135,549 downloads a week on npm and 11,278 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 6 public GitHub projects of our scan, 1 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use Anthropic SDK (83.3%), @parcel/watcher (66.7%), VS Code Test CLI (66.7%).
GitHub Copilot CLI popularity over time
Gid Score 39: downloads 65, use in agent projects 10, GitHub stars 52, downloads trend 6 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with GitHub Copilot CLI
| Anthropic SDK | 83.3% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 22.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| @parcel/watcher | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 591.2× more than average |
| VS Code Test CLI | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 413.9× more than average |
| VS Code Test Web | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 4138.7× more than average |
| VS Code Tree-sitter WASM | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 2069.3× more than average |
| xterm.js Headless | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 1034.7× more than average |
| agent-browser | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 413.9× more than average |
| Electron | 66.7% of GitHub Copilot CLI projects · 62.7× more than average |
Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot CLI
| Official: github/awesome-copilot | 453 skills · 8 with scripts · npx skills add github/awesome-copilot |
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| copilot-history-ingest from Ar9av/obsidian-wiki | Ingest GitHub Copilot CLI/session history into Obsidian as distilled knowledge. Use for importing or mining Copilot history; not for general Copilot help, simp…npx skills add Ar9av/obsidian-wiki --skill copilot-history-ingest |
| copilot-delegate from amElnagdy/delegate-skills | Delegate a coding task to the GitHub Copilot CLI (`copilot`) as a background implementer, then review its diff and land it yourself. Use this whenever the user… has scriptsnpx skills add amElnagdy/delegate-skills --skill copilot-delegate |
Skills teach your coding agent how to use GitHub Copilot CLI well. Official means the pack comes from the same GitHub account as GitHub Copilot CLI. Read a skill before installing it: it can include scripts. All Agent Skills
Install
| Package | npm install @github/copilot |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (4), Python (2) |
| Example projects | shunkakinoki/dotfiles |
Alternatives to GitHub Copilot CLI
In our scan, none of the most used tools in Agent, MCP and tool libraries does the same job as GitHub Copilot CLI: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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