GitHub Copilot X: in-IDE chat, test generation and Copilot for CLI
In one sentence GitHub announces Copilot X with GPT-4-based chat integrated in VS Code, automatic PR description and test generation, a CLI assistant, and voice coding in preview.
Copilot started as a line-by-line autocomplete tool. With Copilot X, GitHub makes a qualitative leap: you can now ask questions in natural language directly in the editor, get code explanations, request unit tests, or automatically describe a pull request.
This isn't just a feature extension — it's a paradigm shift. The developer no longer interacts only with inline suggestions, but has an ongoing conversation with an assistant that knows the code they're working on.
Among the new features was also Copilot for CLI: instead of searching Stack Overflow for the right bash or git command syntax, you can ask in natural language and receive the exact command to run.
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GitHub, Microsoft, OpenAI
Tools
GitHub Copilot X, GitHub Copilot Chat
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