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= GitHub Copilot =

GitHub Copilot is an AI coding assistant from GitHub. It is available in editors, on github.com and as a terminal tool (Copilot CLI).

== Copilot CLI ==
* Terminal assistant that reads, edits and runs code using natural-language prompts.
* Can run shell commands, search code, use GitHub via the gh CLI and call MCP servers.

== Custom instructions ==
* Repository: '.github/copilot-instructions.md'
* Path-specific: '.github/instructions/*.instructions.md'
* Agents: 'AGENTS.md'
* User level: '$HOME/.copilot/copilot-instructions.md'

== MCP ==
Model Context Protocol servers extend Copilot with external tools, for example the MediaWiki MCP servers (t230 and ilianko.com).

== Links ==
* https://docs.github.com/en/copilot

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