github / github/copilot-cli

Auto-detect and prefer user-installed CLI tools over built-in

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Description

### Describe the feature or problem you'd like to solve

The agent has no mechanism to discover equivalent tools on PATH to either opt for them first or use them as a fallback. It continues with a failing or inferior tool

### Proposed solution

- Reduces friction
- Reduces wasted turns
- It uses the tools that I use so I can easily trace what happened

### Example prompts or workflows

- "Find all usages of interface across this repo"
- "Lint all the modified typescript files"
- "Search this project for todo comments and summarize them"
- "Run tests for this module/component. Iterate until they pass"
- "Find all files larger than 1 mb in this directory and sub directories

### Additional context

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Research direction

The issue does not identify files, tests, or entry points for PATH discovery and tool preference. Start by locating the CLI's built-in tool definitions and command execution flow; done means equivalent user-installed tools can be discovered and preferred or used as fallbacks for the listed workflows.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
shell
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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