To install GitHub Copilot in VS Code, open VS Code and go to Extensions on the left, then search for GitHub Copilot. Note the “GitHub Copilot” extension has been deprecated:

What we’re looking for is the GitHub Copilot Chat extension. Go ahead and click on Enable AI Features:

Once you do that, in the bottom right you will see this Robot icon. Clicking on it will show which plan you have available:

To use GitHub Copilot, go to the VS Code menu->View->Chat:

In the right Chat pane you will be able to type with GitHub Copilot:


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