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copilot-sdk

Build applications powered by GitHub Copilot SDK

Developer Setup

Setup & Installation

bash

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill copilot-sdk

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill copilot-sdk

Or paste this URL into your assistant to install:

https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/azure-skills/skills/copilot-sdk View on GitHub

Overview

What This Skill Does

The GitHub Copilot SDK lets you build applications that programmatically interact with GitHub Copilot. It wraps the Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC and supports session management, custom tools, hooks, MCP server integration, and streaming across Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET.

Application

When to use this Skill

Configuring integration settings for custom agent workflows.
Optimizing query execution and response latency in production.
Developing clean, standard-compliant implementations for enterprise services.
Troubleshooting connection timeouts and authentication handshakes.
Monitoring API rate limits and execution pipelines programmatically.

Documentation

Show Skills.md file

GitHub Copilot SDK

Build applications that programmatically interact with GitHub Copilot. The SDK wraps the Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC, providing session management, custom tools, hooks, MCP server integration, and streaming across Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET.

Prerequisites

GitHub Copilot CLI installed and authenticated (copilot --version)
GitHub Copilot subscription (Individual, Business, or Enterprise) — not required for BYOK
Runtime: Node.js 18+ / Python 3.8+ / Go 1.21+ / .NET 8.0+

Installation

Language	Package	Install
Node.js	`@github/copilot-sdk`	`npm install @github/copilot-sdk`
Python	`github-copilot-sdk`	`pip install github-copilot-sdk`
Go	`github.com/github/copilot-sdk/go`	`go get github.com/github/copilot-sdk/go`
.NET	`GitHub.Copilot.SDK`	`dotnet add package GitHub.Copilot.SDK`

Architecture

The SDK communicates with the Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC over stdio (default) or TCP. The CLI manages model calls, tool execution, session state, and MCP server lifecycle.

Your App → SDK Client → [stdio/TCP] → Copilot CLI → Model Provider
                                          ↕
                                     MCP Servers

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