GitHub Copilot

Adapter for **GitHub Copilot CLI** (gh copilot).

Install

adapters install copilot

Supported on macOS, Linux and Windows. The adapter spawns gh copilot suggest ..., so the gh CLI must be on PATH.

Auth

• **GitHub token** — set GITHUB_TOKEN.
• **OAuth device flow** — gh auth login handles this.

Settings: ~/.config/github-copilot/settings.json.

Minimal run

adapters run copilot --prompt "How do I rebase onto main?"

Notable flags

The adapter runs:

gh copilot suggest "<prompt>"

It does not currently forward --model or approval modes — Copilot CLI selects the model server-side. Default bundled model is gpt-4o.

Session files

• Location: ~/.config/github-copilot/sessions/*.jsonl
• Output is parsed line-by-line; non-JSON lines are treated as plain text deltas.

Plugins

Plugin support: **yes** — GitHub Copilot CLI plugin marketplace with agents/skills/hooks/MCP packages.

Plugin Management

adapters plugin install copilot <plugin>
adapters plugin list copilot
adapters plugin update copilot <plugin>
adapters plugin uninstall copilot <plugin>

MCP Servers

adapters mcp install copilot <mcp-server>
adapters mcp list copilot

Capabilities

Text streaming only. No native tool calling, no parallel tool calls, no JSON mode, no image input.

Known limitations

• Cannot resume or fork sessions server-side — Copilot CLI is stateless per invocation.
• --model is ignored (Copilot picks the model).
• Requires gh CLI and an authenticated GitHub user.
• Project-level config not supported.