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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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2,278 open issues indexed

/usage premium request counter significantly undercounts actual quota consumption Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1582 · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Thinking text needs to respect copilot-instructions.md Open

area:configuration area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#1580 · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Title: ACP agent ignores custom JSON‑RPC methods and only exposes internal tool list Open

area:agents area:non-interactive area:tools

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

github/copilot-cli#1574 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Editing in the CLI Open

area:theming-accessibility

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

github/copilot-cli#1573 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Compaction loses all context on the immediately executing task Open

area:context-memory

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

github/copilot-cli#1571 · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Startup hint "No copilot instructions found" is misleading when user-level instructions exist Open

area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#1570 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 20, 2026
Agent Implementing in Plan Mode Open

area:agents area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1569 · 1 comment · 7 reactions · Opened Feb 20, 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
Deferred tool results — let tool handlers suspend a turn and resume via submitToolResult() Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#1552 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 19, 2026
Have simpler plugin marketplace browse feature and install. Open

area:installation area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#1545 · Opened Feb 19, 2026
Bug: Agent exits plan mode and modifies code without user permission Open

area:agents area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1543 · Opened Feb 19, 2026
Feature Request: Add /list-tools command to view currently allowed tools Open

area:permissions area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1541 · 3 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Feb 19, 2026
Negative usage not possible? Open

area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1539 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 19, 2026
Model selection is global, not per-session — causes confusing cross-session model changes Open

area:models area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#1531 · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Support @ file includes in instruction files (like Claude Code) Open

area:configuration

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

github/copilot-cli#1530 · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Add a "review mode" Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#1529 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Custom agents with builtin agent names are silently ignored Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#1528 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 18, 2026
CLI reads the same custom instruction files twice when run outside of a git repository Open

area:configuration

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

github/copilot-cli#1527 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Support MCP resources and prompts. Open

area:mcp

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

github/copilot-cli#1518 · 2 comments · 18 reactions · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Fully support `strict` on plugin entries in the marketplace Open

area:plugins

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

github/copilot-cli#1513 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 18, 2026
Agents folder setting support Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#1506 · 2 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 17, 2026
Add custom theme support Open

area:theming-accessibility

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

github/copilot-cli#1504 · 8 comments · 25 reactions · Opened Feb 17, 2026
Add support for Claude and Codex for /delegate command Open

area:agents

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

github/copilot-cli#1499 · 1 comment · 6 reactions · Opened Feb 17, 2026
disable agentic memory Open

area:agents area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#1498 · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 17, 2026
Copilot is too lazy sometimes Open

area:agents area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#1495 · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 17, 2026
Rejecting a tool call aborts the conversation Open

area:permissions area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1494 · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 17, 2026
Light theme stopped working in v0.0.407 and after Open

area:theming-accessibility

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

github/copilot-cli#1488 · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 16, 2026
Endpoint args like /user/... for gh api appear to be misclassified as filesystem absolute paths Open

area:permissions area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1486 · Opened Feb 16, 2026
Documentation unclear: how to map toolName (glob/grep/view) to --allow-tool patterns Open

area:non-interactive area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1482 · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 16, 2026
Terminal mode (Shift+Tab) removed? Why? Open

area:input-keyboard

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

github/copilot-cli#1472 · Opened Feb 15, 2026
Large unexpected spike on default (sonnet 4.5) model usage on Open

area:models

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

github/copilot-cli#1470 · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Should default to last session or ask if you want to resume last session Open

area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#1467 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Command line switch to enable limited "kiosk" mode Open

area:configuration area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1466 · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Render sixel images in console Open

area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1465 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Skills beyond alphabetical position ~32 appear unreachable when many skills are installed Open

area:installation

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

github/copilot-cli#1464 · 6 comments · 7 reactions · Opened Feb 14, 2026
Add CLI flag option like `--request-tool` to downgrade from allowed to requesting permission Open

area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1461 · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Improve workflow for minimal auth scope vs gh auth login (via /login) Open

area:authentication area:enterprise

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

github/copilot-cli#1460 · 4 reactions · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Cmd+S in VS Code editor review triggers Save As instead of accepting the change Open

area:input-keyboard area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1459 · Opened Feb 13, 2026
/reread or /sync ... Open

area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#1456 · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Bug: error: unknown option '--no-warnings' noise in terminal Open

area:platform-windows area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1446 · 7 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 13, 2026
/skills list returns a wall of text that is hard to read and navigate Open

area:plugins area:terminal-rendering

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

github/copilot-cli#1445 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Copilot CLI Infinite Loop on Empty bash Tool Call Open

area:tools

github/copilot-cli#1444 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Option to "wipe" stored memories (<repository_memories>) Open

area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#1443 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Ctrl+Enter hotkey not working in TUI (inserts newline instead) Open

area:input-keyboard area:platform-linux

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

github/copilot-cli#1437 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Feb 13, 2026
Feature: Per-tool 'always prompt' override (even with --allow-all) Open

area:permissions

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

github/copilot-cli#1435 · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Problem with COPILOT_CUSTOM_INSTRUCTIONS_DIRS Open

area:configuration area:context-memory

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

github/copilot-cli#1433 · 8 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Allowed Tools Wizard Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1429 · 1 comment · 14 reactions · Opened Feb 12, 2026
update hook payload to send session id Open

area:installation area:sessions

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

github/copilot-cli#1425 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 12, 2026
CTRL+C cancels the current operation even though the UI states it is ESC Open

area:input-keyboard

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

github/copilot-cli#1422 · 5 comments · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Copilot should report problems more precisely Open

area:tools

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

github/copilot-cli#1419 · Opened Feb 12, 2026

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