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# GitHub Copilot CLI

**What:** GitHub's terminal coding agent; can use Ollama models.

**Why:** Turns a model into something that edits your code.

**Category:** Coding agents · **Stack layer:** harness

> Note: Needs a Copilot subscription. Uses GitHub's cloud models unless you pick a local one.

## Status

Catalog entry. Existence and repo metadata checked 2026-10-16 via the GitHub API. Install commands below are auto-extracted from the README and have NOT been executed or verified. Read the README before running anything; prefer a sandbox or venv.

## Install (unverified)

1. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
curl -fsSL https://gh.io/copilot-install | bash
```

2. [macos] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
brew install copilot-cli
```

3. [windows] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
winget install GitHub.Copilot
```

4. [any] source: README (auto-extracted); status: unverified, not executed

```bash
npm install -g @github/copilot
```

## Verify

No verified check yet. Minimum: the install command exits 0 and the tool's own help/version flag runs (exact flag: see README).

## Rollback (unverified)

1. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
brew uninstall copilot-cli
```

2. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
winget uninstall GitHub.Copilot
```

3. source: derived inverse of install command

```bash
npm uninstall -g @github/copilot
```

## Links

- Homepage: https://github.com/features/copilot/cli
- Repo: https://github.com/github/copilot-cli
- README: https://github.com/github/copilot-cli#readme