Before you begin, make sure you have installed Copilot in the CLI. SeeInstalling GitHub Copilot in the CLI.

Setting up aliases

You can create aliases for Copilot in the CLI to reduce keystrokes, and to allow Copilot in the CLI to execute commands on your behalf.

To allow Copilot in the CLI to execute commands, you must run the following commands to create the aliases (as opposed to creating an alias like you would for another shell command).

After executing the following commands to create the aliases, you can runghcs andghce instead ofgh copilot suggest andgh copilot explain.

Bash

echo 'eval "$(gh copilot alias -- bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc

echo 'eval "$(gh copilot alias -- bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc

PowerShell

$GH_COPILOT_PROFILE = Join-Path -Path $(Split-Path -Path $PROFILE -Parent) -ChildPath "gh-copilot.ps1"gh copilot alias -- pwsh | Out-File ( New-Item -Path $GH_COPILOT_PROFILE -Force )echo ". `"$GH_COPILOT_PROFILE`"" >> $PROFILE

$GH_COPILOT_PROFILE = Join-Path -Path $(Split-Path -Path$PROFILE -Parent) -ChildPath"gh-copilot.ps1"gh copilot alias -- pwsh | Out-File ( New-Item -Path $GH_COPILOT_PROFILE -Force )echo ". `"$GH_COPILOT_PROFILE`"" >> $PROFILE

Zsh

echo 'eval "$(gh copilot alias -- zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc

echo 'eval "$(gh copilot alias -- zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc

Changing the default execution confirmation

When you use theghcs alias and you selectExecute command, Copilot in the CLI will ask for confirmation before executing the command. You can change the default confirmation.

1. Execute the following command:

   Shell

   gh copilot config

2. SelectDefault value for confirming command execution.

3. Choose the desired default.

Changing usage analytics

Unless you opt out, Copilot in the CLI will send a payload in the format below to the analytics system. This data helps improve the product. GitHub does not look at the data of specific individuals or at specific queries.

{"platform":"darwin","architecture":"arm64","version":"0.3.0-beta","custom_event":"true","event_parent_command":"explain","event_name":"Explain","sha":"089a53215fc4383179869f7f6132ce9d6e58754a","thread_id":"e61d0d08-f6ba-465b-81cf-c30fd9127d70"}

To opt in or out of data collection:

1. Execute the following command:

   Shell

   gh copilot config

2. SelectOptional Usage Analytics.

3. Choose the desired default.