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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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Allow /new to accept a name for the new session Open

area:sessions

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#2047 · Opened Mar 15, 2026
Changes computer settings when explcitly told not to do so but only read settings and config Open

area:configuration

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

github/copilot-cli#2046 · Opened Mar 15, 2026
ACP: session/new response reports incorrect currentModelId Open

area:non-interactive area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#2044 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 15, 2026
Dragging macOS screenshot preview into Ghostty results in "Path does not exist" Open

area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#2043 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 15, 2026
Skills (slash commands) not loaded when using -p/--prompt mode Open

area:non-interactive

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

github/copilot-cli#2040 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Add a bookmark feature in CLI to jump back and forth Open

area:input-keyboard area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#2038 · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Feature Request: Support sub-command granularity in --allow-tool shell filter Open

area:permissions area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#2037 · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Do not initiate redundant MCP OAuth Flows per server Open

msft-dogfood

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

github/copilot-cli#2036 · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Markdown links not converted to OSC 8 hyperlinks — trailing ) appended to URL on click Open

area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#2033 · 1 comment · 4 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Support for configurable models for internal sub-tasks (Example: Subagents(Explore, Task, etc) and Compaction) Open

area:agents area:context-memory area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#2032 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 14, 2026
/pr fix does not close feedback on the PR Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#2027 · Opened Mar 14, 2026
Copilot CLI should auth MCP servers on demand not at start up Open

area:authentication area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#2026 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 13, 2026
True non-blocking message queue for autopilot/multi-turn agent sessions Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#2025 · Opened Mar 13, 2026
Disable appending builtin agent-types via configuration/options Open

area:agents

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

github/copilot-cli#2024 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 13, 2026
Suggested Status Bar Display Format Open

area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#2023 · Opened Mar 13, 2026
Changelog Mentions "/extensions" but copilot is unaware of this and it does nothing Open

area:plugins

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#2022 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 13, 2026
Allow an option to queue work with hitting enter Open

area:agents area:input-keyboard

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

github/copilot-cli#2020 · Opened Mar 13, 2026
LLM outputs backslashes instead of backticks in create_pull_request body, causing path prompts and control character corruption Open

area:mcp area:permissions area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#2016 · Opened Mar 13, 2026
Session file corrupted: raw U+2028/U+2029 in events.jsonl breaks JSON.parse() on /resume Open

area:sessions area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#2012 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Full support for multi-repo setups Open

area:configuration area:mcp area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#2011 · 8 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2026
copilot update command throws error Open

area:installation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#2003 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Passing init from the command line no longer works Open

area:configuration area:non-interactive

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#2002 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Copilot CLI session file cannot be opened in VS Code Copilot Chat: Invalid 'ephemeral' value literal Open

area:sessions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

github/copilot-cli#2000 · 15 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Every single added MCP tries to auth immediately after configuring in bulk Open

area:authentication area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#1997 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Unable to install anthropics/claude-plugins-official marketplace: Invalid marketplace.json: plugins.56.source Open

area:installation area:plugins

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

github/copilot-cli#1996 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Feature Request: Per-Tool Permission Settings for Copilot CLI Open

area:configuration area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1995 · 1 comment · 8 reactions · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Built-in agents (explore, task, code-review) do not inherit custom instructions Open

area:agents area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#1990 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Limit Premium Request Toggle Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#1988 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Support wildcard/glob patterns in .copilot/mcp-config.json tools arrays for filtering tool visibility using prefixes for subsets of tools Open

area:configuration area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#1986 · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Custom agent and Model choice when start implementation from plan mode in cloud Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#1985 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Latest (March) VSCode crashes with shipped copilot cli Open

area:terminal-rendering

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

github/copilot-cli#1984 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Remap option or disable timeline/response expansions Open

area:input-keyboard area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1983 · Opened Mar 11, 2026
COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS failing to load *.instructions.md Closed

area:configuration area:context-memory

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 40/100

github/copilot-cli#1982 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Share custom configuration (locally stored) with Intellij Open

area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#1978 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 11, 2026
"Remaining reqs." shows negative number, after setting up budget for premium requests Open

area:models area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1977 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 11, 2026
[Bug]After upgrading Copilot CLI 1.0.3, the generated Markdown links are not clickable. Open

area:installation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

github/copilot-cli#1974 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Feature Request: Tool whitelist for Interactive Mode Open

area:configuration area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1973 · 12 comments · 29 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Allow users to configure submit key (e.g., Ctrl+Enter) to prevent accidental submission with IME input Open

area:configuration area:input-keyboard

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

github/copilot-cli#1972 · 3 comments · 48 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Feature Request: Granular organizational policies for Copilot CLI tools (e.g., bash, file access) Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1971 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Org-mode syntax as an alternative to Markdown Open

area:theming-accessibility

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

github/copilot-cli#1970 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Allow a way to attach a system prompt to the ACP server Open

area:non-interactive

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

github/copilot-cli#1969 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Centralized list of all your copilot task to with a link to resume in cli. Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#1966 · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Choosing "Accept plan and build on default permissions" sometimes do not make the agent start implementing the plan Open

area:agents area:permissions

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

github/copilot-cli#1963 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 10, 2026
LICENSE Clarification Open

triage

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

github/copilot-cli#1962 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Prioritize clearing the typed prompt over canceling an active operation when pressing Ctrl+C Open

area:input-keyboard

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

github/copilot-cli#1961 · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Describe the bug Open

triage

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

github/copilot-cli#1958 · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Add native timestamp option for CLI output Open

area:configuration area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1956 · 12 reactions · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Allow for more customization/separation for mcp configuration Closed

area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#1955 · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Regression: 'XDG_CONFIG_HOME' ignored -- no equivalent available Open

area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#1954 · 2 comments · 15 reactions · Opened Mar 10, 2026
Always visible context window status Open

area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#1953 · 1 comment · 10 reactions · Opened Mar 10, 2026

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