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

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Open beginner issues: 14
Indexed issues: 2.4k
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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
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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36 beginner-friendly issues open

/feedback: “Save feedback bundle” is easily mistaken for submitting feedback Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#4848 · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Built-in research agent tells subagents to call unavailable github/get_me tool Open

area:agents area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#4729 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
/usage help text does not explain mixed metric scopes Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#4712 · Opened Sep 3, 2026
Do not derive model context from prompt and output token limits Open

triage

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 75/100

github/copilot-cli#4638 · Opened Aug 27, 2026
Expose large_output_file_path on TaskShellProgress so clients can read complete shell-task output Open

area:tools

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

github/copilot-cli#4630 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 27, 2026
Clarify startup message "No copilot-instructions.md found" to specify it means the repo-scoped file Open

area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#4475 · Opened Aug 13, 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
Ctrl+H (delete previous character) is misinterpreted as Ctrl+Backspace (delete word) under WSL2 due to WT_SESSION leaking from Windows Terminal Open

area:input-keyboard area:platform-windows

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

github/copilot-cli#4328 · 7 comments · Opened Aug 1, 2026
Installing a Specific Version Always Installs the Latest Version Open

area:installation

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

github/copilot-cli#4317 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 31, 2026
Copilot crashes on launch if log level is set to any value other than "all" or "default" Open

area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#4297 · Opened Jul 29, 2026
Allow `-max-ai-credits=0` when using local models Open

area:configuration area:models

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 64/100

github/copilot-cli#4167 · Opened Jul 17, 2026
Add j/k navigation for multiple-choice prompt UI in the CLI Open

area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 64/100

github/copilot-cli#4152 · Opened Jul 16, 2026
argument-hint format validation issue Open

area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#3929 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 25, 2026
Debug logs saved to location is missing a `\`. Open

area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#3815 · Opened Jun 15, 2026
/agent - Leave scroll position at top of picklist Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#3751 · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Small suggestion: Add /ot to the list of synonyms for /ask and /btw Open

area:tools

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 75/100

github/copilot-cli#3702 · Opened Jun 6, 2026
Bash tool drops non-ASCII characters due to LC_CTYPE=C in shell environment Open

area:tools

Difficulty 2/5 Half a day Newbie friendliness 72/100

github/copilot-cli#3601 · Opened May 31, 2026
/clear vs /new unclear Open

area:sessions

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

github/copilot-cli#3569 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened May 29, 2026
Document safe parsing for preToolUse.toolArgs when it is a JSON-encoded string Open

area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#3349 · Opened May 16, 2026
/restart does not work with --name Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#3332 · 1 reaction · Opened May 15, 2026
Post-plan-approval system message contradicts itself ("edits require manual approval" + "Proceed with implementing"), causing the model to stop instead of starting work Open

area:agents

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

github/copilot-cli#3322 · Opened May 14, 2026
`resolveDiscoveredConfig` does not read workspace `.mcp.json` — `includeWorkspaceSources` never set Open

area:configuration area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#3126 · Opened May 5, 2026
BYOK model limits catalog is missing gpt-5.5 Open

area:configuration area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#3118 · 2 reactions · Opened May 5, 2026
Agents list print Open

area:agents area:non-interactive

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

github/copilot-cli#3109 · Opened May 4, 2026
There are some missing environment variables in `copilot help environment` Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#3108 · Opened May 4, 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
--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
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
promp file path can be passed by parameter Open

area:non-interactive

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

github/copilot-cli#2863 · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Add documentation about colored dots Open

area:configuration area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#2743 · Opened Apr 16, 2026
Update agent model defaults Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#2592 · Opened Apr 8, 2026
Vim-like :q alias for exiting Open

area:input-keyboard

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

github/copilot-cli#2373 · Opened Mar 28, 2026
copilot plugin install --help misses local path case Open

area:installation area:plugins

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 65/100

github/copilot-cli#1877 · Opened Mar 6, 2026
Overusage display Open

area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1695 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 25, 2026
Native copilot.exe binary silently exits with code 1 on Windows x64, npm-loader.js never falls back to JS implementation Open

area:platform-windows

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

github/copilot-cli#1566 · Opened Feb 20, 2026
[Docs] Add note that AGENTS.md is not reloaded after start Open

area:configuration

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 78/100

github/copilot-cli#812 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Dec 19, 2025

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