Configuring GitHub Copilot in your environment

About GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code

If you use Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot can autocomplete code as you type. After installation, you can enable or disable GitHub Copilot, and you can configure advanced settings within Visual Studio Code or on GitHub.com.

Prerequisites

To configure GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, you must install the GitHub Copilot plugin. For more information, see "Getting started with GitHub Copilot."

Keyboard shortcuts for GitHub Copilot

You can use the default keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio Code when using GitHub Copilot. Alternatively, you can rebind the shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor using your preferred keyboard shortcuts for each specific command. You can search for each keyboard shortcut by command name in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor.

Keyboard shortcuts for macOS

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Accept an inline suggestion	Tab	editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit
Dismiss an inline suggestion	Esc	editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide
Show next inline suggestion	Option (⌥)+]	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext
Show previous inline suggestion	Option (⌥)+[	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious
Trigger inline suggestion	Option (⌥)+\	editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	Ctrl+Return	github.copilot.generate
Toggle GitHub Copilot on/off	No default shortcut	github.copilot.toggleCopilot

Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Accept an inline suggestion	Tab	editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit
Dismiss an inline suggestion	Esc	editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide
Show next inline suggestion	Alt+]	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext
Show previous inline suggestion	Alt+[	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious
Trigger inline suggestion	Alt+\	editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	Ctrl+Enter	github.copilot.generate
Toggle GitHub Copilot on/off	No default shortcut	github.copilot.toggleCopilot

Keyboard shortcuts for Linux

Action	Shortcut	Command name
Accept an inline suggestion	Tab	editor.action.inlineSuggest.commit
Dismiss an inline suggestion	Esc	editor.action.inlineSuggest.hide
Show next inline suggestion	Alt+]	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showNext
Show previous inline suggestion	Alt+[	editor.action.inlineSuggest.showPrevious
Trigger inline suggestion	Alt+\	editor.action.inlineSuggest.trigger
Open GitHub Copilot (additional suggestions in separate pane)	Ctrl+Enter	github.copilot.generate
Toggle GitHub Copilot on/off	No default shortcut	github.copilot.toggleCopilot

Rebinding keyboard shortcuts

If you don't want to use the default keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio Code when using GitHub Copilot, you can rebind the shortcuts in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor using your preferred keyboard shortcuts for each specific command.

Rebinding keyboard shortcuts for macOS

1. Click Code, click Preferences, then click Keyboard Shortcuts.

   

2. In the "Keyboard Shortcuts" editor, search for the command name of the keyboard shortcut you want to change.

3. Next to the command you want to change, click the pencil icon.

   

4. Type the keystrokes you want to use for the command, then press Enter/Return.

Rebinding keyboard shortcuts for Windows

1. Click the File menu, click Preferences, then click Keyboard Shortcuts.

   

2. In the "Keyboard Shortcuts" editor, search for the command name of the keyboard shortcut you want to change.

3. Next to the command you want to change, click the pencil icon.

   

4. Type the keystrokes you want to use for the command, then press Enter/Return.

Rebinding keyboard shortcuts for Linux

1. Click the File menu, click Preferences, then click Keyboard Shortcuts.

   

2. In the "Keyboard Shortcuts" editor, search for the command name of the keyboard shortcut you want to change.

3. Next to the command you want to change, click the pencil icon.

   

4. Type the keystrokes you want to use for the command, then press Enter/Return.

Enabling or disabling GitHub Copilot

You can enable or disable GitHub Copilot from within Visual Studio Code. The GitHub Copilot status icon in the bottom panel of the Visual Studio Code window indicates whether GitHub Copilot is enabled or disabled. When enabled, the background color of the icon will match the color of the status bar. When disabled, the background color of the icon will contrast with the color of the status bar.

1. To enable or disable GitHub Copilot, click the status icon in the bottom panel of the Visual Studio Code window.

   

2. If you are disabling GitHub Copilot, you will be asked whether you want to disable suggestions globally, or for the language of the file you are currently editing.

   • To disable suggestions from GitHub Copilot globally, click Disable Globally.
   • To disable suggestions from GitHub Copilot for the specified language, click Disable for LANGUAGE.

Enabling or disabling inline suggestions

You can choose to enable or disable inline suggestions for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code.

1. In the File menu, navigate to Preferences and click Settings.

   

2. In the left-side panel of the settings tab, click Extensions and then select Copilot.

3. Under "Inline Suggest:Enable," select or deselect the checkbox to enable or disable inline suggestions.

Enabling or disabling GitHub Copilot for specific languages

You can specify which languages you want to enable or disable GitHub Copilot for.

1. From the Visual Studio Code, click the Extensions tab, then navigate to the Copilot section. For more information, see "Enabling and disabling inline suggestions."

2. Under "Enable or disable Copilot for specified languages," click Edit in settings.json.

3. In the settings.json file, add or remove the languages you want to enable or disable GitHub Copilot for. For example, to enable Python in GitHub Copilot, add "python": true to the list, ensuring there is a trailing comma after all but the last list item.

   {
       "editor.inlineSuggest.enabled": true,
       "github.copilot.enable": {
           "*": true,
           "yaml": false,
           "plaintext": false,
           "markdown": true,
           "javascript": true,
           "python": true
       }
   }
   

Revoking GitHub Copilot authorization

Visual Studio Code retains authorization to use GitHub Copilot through a particular GitHub account. If you want to prevent your GitHub account being used for GitHub Copilot on a device you no longer have access to, you can revoke authorization and then go through the authorization process again. The device you previously used will not have the new authorization.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

   

2. In the "Integrations" section of the sidebar, click Applications.

3. Click the Authorized OAuth Apps tab.

   

4. Click the ... next to GitHub for VS Code and click Revoke.

5. Click the Authorized GitHub Apps tab.

6. If the GitHub Copilot plugin is listed, click Revoke.

After revoking authorization, Visual Studio Code will be able to continue using GitHub Copilot in a current session for a maximum of 30 minutes. After that time, you will need to re-authorize GitHub Copilot for use in Visual Studio Code again.

Re-authorizing GitHub Copilot

After you have revoked authorization, if you want to continue using GitHub Copilot, you will need to complete the re-authorization process.

1. In the bottom left corner of Visual Studio Code, click the Accounts icon, hover over your username, and click Sign out.

   

2. In the "Visual Studio Code" pop-up, click Sign Out.

3. In the bottom left corner of Visual Studio Code, click the Accounts icon, hover over your username, and click Sign in with GitHub to use GitHub Copilot.

   

4. In your browser, GitHub will request the necessary permissions for GitHub Copilot. To approve these permissions, click Continue.

5. In the "Open Visual Studio Code?" pop-up, click Open Visual Studio Code.

Configuring proxy settings for GitHub Copilot

You can configure GitHub Copilot to connect through an HTTP proxy server in Visual Studio Code. GitHub Copilot supports basic HTTP proxy setups, with or without basic authentication.

1. In the File menu, navigate to Preferences and click Settings.

   

2. In the left-side panel of the settings tab, click Application and then select Proxy.

3. In the textbox under "Proxy", type the address of your proxy server, for example http://localhost:3128. Alternatively, GitHub Copilot will use the http_proxy and https_proxy variables from your environment.

4. Optionally, under "Proxy Authorization", click Edit in settings.json and add your required value to send as the Proxy-Authorization header for every network request.

5. Optionally, under "Proxy Strict SSL", select or deselect the checkbox to enable or disable strict SSL.

Configuring GitHub Copilot settings on GitHub.com

Once you have an active GitHub Copilot trial or subscription, you can adjust GitHub Copilot settings for your personal account on GitHub in the GitHub Copilot settings. The settings apply anywhere that you use GitHub Copilot. You can configure the suggestions that GitHub Copilot offers and how GitHub uses your telemetry data.

Enabling or disabling duplication detection

GitHub Copilot includes a filter which detects code suggestions matching public code on GitHub. You can choose to enable or disable the filter. When the filter is enabled, GitHub Copilot checks code suggestions with their surrounding code of about 150 characters against public code on GitHub. If there is a match or near match, the suggestion will not be shown to you.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

   

2. In the left sidebar, click GitHub Copilot.

3. Under Suggestions matching public code, select the dropdown menu, then click Allow to allow suggestions matching public code, or Block to block suggestions matching public code.

4. To confirm your new settings, click Save.

Enabling or disabling code snippet collection

You can choose whether your Prompts and Suggestions are collected and retained by GitHub and further processed and shared with Microsoft and by adjusting your user settings. For more information about data that GitHub Copilot may collect depending on your telemetry settings, see "GitHub Terms for Additional Products and Features" and the GitHub Copilot privacy FAQ.

1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings.

   

2. In the left sidebar, click GitHub Copilot.

3. To allow or prevent GitHub using your telemetry data, select or deselect Allow GitHub to use my code snippets for product improvements.

4. To confirm your new settings, click Save.

Further reading

• GitHub Copilot FAQ

:help copilot