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GitHub Copilot CLI brings the power of Copilot coding agent directly to your terminal.

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Merged PRs (30d): 6

Dominant language: Shell
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Last GitHub push: Sep 17, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 16, 2026
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2,256 open issues indexed

Guard against PowerShell `$home` variable footgun causing user profile mutation/deletion Open

area:platform-windows area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3098 · 2 comments · Opened May 4, 2026
Pasting long strings into chat inserts extra newline characters, corrupting the content Open

area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3097 · Opened May 3, 2026
Add "Ask" / chat-only mode to Copilot ACP agent for Zed and other ACP clients Open

area:agents area:non-interactive

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

github/copilot-cli#3096 · 4 reactions · Opened May 3, 2026
Add capability declaration fields to SKILL.md frontmatter (tools, mcp-servers, hooks, model) Open

area:configuration area:plugins

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3095 · Opened May 3, 2026
Conversation-tree navigation: keybindings + TUI overview for forked/branched sessions (depends on #2058 / #1313) Open

area:input-keyboard area:sessions

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3091 · Opened May 2, 2026
Add a /redo command after /undo or /rewind Open

area:sessions

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3089 · 5 reactions · Opened May 2, 2026
'Session in use' warning shows misleading 'last active' timestamp (uses lock file mtime instead of session activity) Open

area:sessions

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#3085 · Opened May 2, 2026
postToolUse hook deadlocks after write-permission request, process spins at 99% CPU and ignores SIGTERM Open

area:permissions area:plugins

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

github/copilot-cli#3084 · 1 comment · Opened May 2, 2026
Copilot locks files Open

area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3082 · 1 comment · Opened May 2, 2026
NixOS keychain support is broken Open

area:authentication area:platform-linux

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3081 · 3 reactions · Opened May 2, 2026
feat: Support MCP resources/subscribe and notifications/resources/updated Open

area:mcp triaged

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3073 · 2 comments · Opened May 2, 2026
Custom agent frontmatter: accept array for `model:` field Open

area:agents area:configuration area:models

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

github/copilot-cli#3070 · 1 reaction · Opened May 1, 2026
Calling session.setModel() and session.rpc.model.switchTo() does not update the model in the footer Open

area:models area:plugins area:terminal-rendering

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3068 · Opened May 1, 2026
Copilot CLI terminal freezes when a stdio MCP child crashes mid-call Open

area:input-keyboard area:mcp area:platform-windows

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3067 · 1 comment · Opened May 1, 2026
Stricter exit code when MCP servers fail to start (CI / agent use) Open

area:mcp area:non-interactive

github/copilot-cli#3064 · 1 assignee · Opened May 1, 2026
Hook `async` property silently ignored — postToolUse hooks block tool completion Open

area:plugins area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3063 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
OSC 52 clipboard write stores raw UTF-8 bytes, causing CJK characters when pasted on Windows/WSL Open

area:input-keyboard area:platform-windows area:terminal-rendering

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3062 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Custom agent inheritance / composition (extends / include) for shared base prompts Open

area:agents area:configuration

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3061 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2026
store_memory fails for repositories whose origin is not on github.com (e.g., Azure DevOps) Open

area:context-memory area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3060 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Deprecating support for .vscode/mcp.json is a terrible idea Open

area:configuration area:mcp

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

github/copilot-cli#3059 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Support temperature/sampling parameters in plugin SKILL.md metadata Open

area:configuration area:models area:plugins

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3056 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Execution timer for `shell` tool Open

area:tools

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#3055 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Checkpoints not getting recorded after compaction Open

area:context-memory area:sessions

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#3054 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Copilot selects wrong reasoning effort when changing from a different model Open

area:models

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

github/copilot-cli#3053 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 30, 2026
`--add-github-mcp-tool=create_pull_request` leaves the configured endpoint readonly Open

area:configuration area:mcp area:tools

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

github/copilot-cli#3052 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Recursively discover AGENTS.md in subfolders, like VS Code's chat.useNestedAgentsMdFiles Open

area:configuration area:context-memory

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 42/100

github/copilot-cli#3051 · 8 reactions · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Feature request: Persistent directory allow list across sessions Open

area:configuration area:permissions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

github/copilot-cli#3050 · 11 reactions · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Failure to write to file Open

area:permissions area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3049 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 30, 2026
[Bug] session-store.db not created on Windows WSL2 — no persistent session storage Open

area:platform-windows area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3046 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
IME composition causes window flickering/shaking on Windows Open

area:input-keyboard area:platform-windows area:terminal-rendering

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3045 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 30, 2026
System prompt labels shell commands as tools, causing invalid tool calls and autopilot cost Open

area:configuration area:non-interactive

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

github/copilot-cli#3043 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
"ask" permissionDecision does not suppress the native trust prompt, causing two confirmations per gated tool call Open

area:permissions area:plugins

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#3042 · 3 comments · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Copilot Cloud Agent gets intermittent access denied errors Open

area:authentication area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

github/copilot-cli#3041 · 1 comment · 6 reactions · Opened Apr 30, 2026
MCP OAuth in headless session times out Open

area:authentication area:mcp

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3039 · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Train GH Copilot to understand how branches, merges and PRs work Open

area:agents area:tools

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3037 · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Tool-callable `cwd` (equivalent of TUI `/cwd`) Open

area:plugins area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3035 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Agent can self-terminate via broad process-kill pipelines (silent session loss) Open

area:permissions area:platform-windows area:tools

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3033 · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Feature request: Allow-list specific shell command patterns for tool permissions Open

area:configuration area:permissions

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 38/100

github/copilot-cli#3032 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Sub-agent MCP tool calls fail with structuredContent: expected record, received array when server returns JSON arrays Open

area:agents area:mcp

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 70/100

github/copilot-cli#3030 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 29, 2026
MCP permissions Open

area:mcp area:permissions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3028 · 8 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Apr 29, 2026
@files fails on directories with too many files Open

area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#3027 · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Introduce a command to steer agent mid-reasoning Open

area:agents

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3025 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 29, 2026
Too many MCP servers results in continuous compaction Open

area:context-memory area:mcp

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3024 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2026
copilot plugin install does not load joinSession() extensions from installed-plugins/ Open

area:plugins

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3023 · Opened Apr 28, 2026
--no-remote flag does not fully disable remote control Open

area:configuration area:sessions

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

github/copilot-cli#3022 · 4 reactions · Opened Apr 28, 2026
Store session state under project `.copilot/` directory to support ephemeral home directories (Docker, CI, devcontainers) Open

area:configuration area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3021 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 28, 2026
Let copilot ask before it starts expensive exploration Open

area:agents area:tools

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

github/copilot-cli#3020 · Opened Apr 28, 2026
Breaking Change: .vscode/mcp.json is no longer supported Open

area:configuration area:mcp

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

github/copilot-cli#3019 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Apr 28, 2026
ctrl+e view plan for review Open

area:agents area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 68/100

github/copilot-cli#3017 · Opened Apr 28, 2026
Authorization header dropped on JSON-RPC tools/call after successful MCP initialize (Streamable HTTP + OAuth 2.1 / DCR) Open

area:authentication area:mcp

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#3015 · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 28, 2026

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