Building AI agents with the GitHub Copilot SDK

"GitHub Copilot is one of the more mature AI assistants in use, having begun life as a way to use AI tools for code completion. Since then, Copilot has added features, becoming a resource for coordinating and orchestrating a wide variety of development-focused agents and services. Part of that development has been making Copilot available everywhere developers are: inside the browser, in your code editor, and now, with the Copilot CLI, in your terminal."

"Introducing the GitHub Copilot SDK This is where the new GitHub Copilot SDK offers a solution. If you've got the Copilot CLI binaries installed on your device, whether it's Windows, macOS, or Linux, then you can use the SDK (and the CLI's own JSON APIs) to embed the Copilot CLI in your code, giving you access to its orchestration features and to GitHub's Model Context Protocol (MCP) registry. Having an integrated registry simplifies the proces"

The GitHub Copilot SDK enables embedding the Copilot CLI into applications on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The SDK exposes the CLI's JSON APIs and grants access to orchestration features and GitHub's Model Context Protocol (MCP) registry. Integration allows developers to host cross-platform agents and simplifies building agent command-and-control loops that would otherwise be complex to implement. Combining Copilot CLI with services like Work IQ surfaces requirements from external sources (for example emails) and can convert them into code, reducing rework and maintaining business alignment. Embedding Copilot reduces context switching between terminal and applications and broadens where Copilot functionality can be used.

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