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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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2,278 open issues indexed

disable-model-invocation: true makes a skill unreachable, not manual-only (Skill not found on explicit invocation) Open

area:agents

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

github/copilot-cli#4438 · 6 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2026
🐛 Repo `.claude/agents/*/AGENT.md` `model:` field overrides session model for Copilot custom agents, breaking subagent spawns on BYOK providers Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4437 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Default github mcp server toolset not included by default Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4436 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Copilot recommends deprecated actions Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4435 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
User-level configured model is not used in new sessions Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4434 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2026
rubber-duck: model-emitted `model` argument silently overrides the complementary strategy and the user's /subagents setting Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4432 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Duplicate skills load from repository and installed plugin Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4430 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Support a single unified mcp.json for both VS Code and Copilot CLI for maintainability purpose Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4429 · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Subagent started with unsupported model fails the whole session Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4427 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
/cwd does not strip surrounding quotes from pasted Windows paths (Explorer "Copy as path") Open

area:input-keyboard area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#4426 · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Constrain `run_factory` to registered factory names to prevent repeated guesses Open

area:agents area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#4425 · Opened Aug 10, 2026
/compact cannot recover a session after the CAPI Responses payload reaches the 5 MB limit` Open

area:context-memory area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#4424 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 10, 2026
Kickoff prompt silently dropped when a new session is created — worktree provisioned but agent never receives the message Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#4423 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
MCP initialize handshake has a fixed, non-configurable 60s budget with no retry - npx-launched stdio servers fail ~29% of sessions and never recover Open

area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#4421 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 9, 2026
Parallel tool calling non-deterministic response order results in confused bots Open

area:tools

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4420 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
Managed-settings interim fail-closed uses an empty allow list ([[]]) and permanently drops user MCP servers that register inside the window — reproduces via the desktop app, on an account with no managed policy Open

area:enterprise area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#4419 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
make the copilot cli hub configurable, context state branch etc Open

area:configuration area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#4418 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
Copilot cli dialog enhancement Open

area:input-keyboard area:theming-accessibility

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

github/copilot-cli#4417 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
Parallel explore subagent fan-out dies to per-model 429s: explore's default model is the only rate-limited one, no backoff, no auto model switch despite eligibleForAutoSwitch Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4416 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
High CPU usage in copilot-cli Open

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

github/copilot-cli#4415 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
Auto-mode range and settings feature idea Open

area:configuration area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4412 · Opened Aug 9, 2026
Bug: /agent pop-up treats .github\agents\AGENTS.md as a custom agent Open

area:agents area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#4410 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 8, 2026
No indication when `cli_remote_control_enabled` is false — desktop setting is inert and GitHub Mobile returns a bare HTTP 422 Open

area:enterprise area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#4409 · Opened Aug 8, 2026
github-mcp-server: /mcp authenticate always fails on Copilot Enterprise — enterprise MCP host advertises a cross-origin resource identifier Open

area:authentication area:enterprise area:mcp

github/copilot-cli#4408 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 8, 2026
Add Chinese (zh-CN) UI localization for the GitHub Copilot desktop app Open

area:theming-accessibility

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

github/copilot-cli#4407 · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 8, 2026
Copilot Free in GitHub Codespaces: "No model available" after update, Auto selection, token isolation, and re-login Open

area:authentication area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4405 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 8, 2026
npm bin/copilot is a loader, not a version pin: same path served 1.0.77 then 1.0.78 101s apart; --prefer-version works but is undocumented Open

area:installation

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

github/copilot-cli#4402 · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Regression: skill tool cannot find valid skills in ~/.agents/skills Open

area:platform-windows area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#4401 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Fix browser login URL wrapping and fallback Open

area:authentication area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#4400 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Cross-tool .claude/settings.local.json hooks with shell operators ( || , && ) break on Windows PowerShell Open

area:configuration area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#4399 · Opened Aug 7, 2026
allowed_directories in permissions.config is never loaded Open

area:configuration area:permissions

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

github/copilot-cli#4398 · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Copilot CLI resume session switches back to default model Open

area:models area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#4397 · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Restore quick delete action in the sessions view Open

area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#4395 · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Allow disabling/remapping the "Ctrl+C twice to exit" behavio Open

area:configuration area:input-keyboard

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

github/copilot-cli#4394 · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Post-authentication MCP client rebuild at startup leaves orphaned stdio MCP server processes Open

area:mcp area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#4392 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Copying text clears the screen on certain codepages Open

area:platform-windows area:terminal-rendering

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4391 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 6, 2026
### Describe the bug Open

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

github/copilot-cli#4389 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Permissions stuck in auto mode after changing back to interactive Open

area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#4388 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Shell (!) mode: Tab should trigger normal terminal completion, not switch to Issues Open

area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4387 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Permission prompts should display the specific rule or command characteristic that triggered approval Open

area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#4386 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Copilot CLI changes terminal title to "Windows PowerShell" when not launched in Windows Terminal Open

area:platform-windows area:terminal-rendering

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 62/100

github/copilot-cli#4384 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Kernel execve returns ENOEXEC but ld.so runs fine — readelf attached — Oracle Linux 10 — x86_64 Open

area:installation area:platform-linux

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

github/copilot-cli#4382 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Bug: Notification badge count persists after all notifications cleared (Windows) Open

triage

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github/copilot-cli#4381 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Rubber Duck Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4380 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Cloud agent: MCP registry policy fetch fails with 401/403 on GHEC data residency, silently blocking all user-configured MCP servers Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4378 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
GPT-5.6 Terra delegates to Opus subagent Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4377 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Support model discovery and in-session switching for BYOM providers Open

area:configuration area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#4376 · 5 reactions · Opened Aug 5, 2026
/mcp search fails with 400 Bad Request in every repo with a non-GitHub (Azure DevOps) git remote Open

area:enterprise area:mcp

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

github/copilot-cli#4374 · 6 reactions · Opened Aug 5, 2026
When adding two steering message the first gets queued which messes up order. Open

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

github/copilot-cli#4372 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
MCP OAuth 3LO (Authorization Code) fails with MCP error -32042: This request requires more information. Open

area:authentication area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#4371 · Opened Aug 5, 2026

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