{"id":10559,"date":"2025-02-26T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/?p=10559"},"modified":"2025-02-26T09:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:32:27","slug":"terminal-chat-now-included-in-github-copilot-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/terminal-chat-now-included-in-github-copilot-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Terminal Chat now included in GitHub Copilot Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal#installing-windows-terminal-canary\">Windows Terminal Canary<\/a> users can now use <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/windows\/terminal\/terminal-chat\">Terminal Chat<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/copilot\/managing-copilot\/managing-copilot-as-an-individual-subscriber\/about-github-copilot-free\">GitHub Copilot Free<\/a> plan! \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>GitHub Copilot Free is limited to 50 chat messages per month. This includes the usage of Copilot in the CLI, VS Code, and Visual Studio. If you reach your quota, you can upgrade on the web.<\/p>\n<p>You can sign up for GitHub Copilot Free through the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/terminal-gh-copilot-trial\">Copilot setting<\/a> in your GitHub account. No subscription needed! \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary.png\" alt=\"Image GitHub Copilot Free on Windows Terminal Canary\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1260\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary.png 2400w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeOnWindowsTerminalCanary-2048x1075.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>What is GitHub Copilot?<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/terminal-gh-copilot-features\">GitHub Copilot<\/a> is an AI coding assistant that helps you write code faster and with less effort, allowing you to focus more energy on problem solving and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>GitHub Copilot has been proven to increase developer productivity and accelerate the pace of software development. For more information, see &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/news-insights\/research\/research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-developer-productivity-and-happiness\/\">Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot\u2019s impact on developer productivity and happiness<\/a>&#8221; in the GitHub blog.<\/p>\n<h2>What is GitHub Copilot Free?<\/h2>\n<p>GitHub Copilot Free provides limited access to select features of Copilot, allowing you to experience AI-powered coding assistance without a subscription. For more information on the features and limitations, see &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/copilot\/managing-copilot\/managing-copilot-as-an-individual-subscriber\/about-github-copilot-free\">About GitHub Copilot Free<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h1>What is Terminal Chat?<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/windows\/terminal\/terminal-chat\">Terminal Chat<\/a> is a feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal#installing-windows-terminal-canary\">Windows Terminal Canary<\/a> that allows the user to chat with an AI service (like GitHub Copilot \ud83d\ude09) to get intelligent suggestions in their terminal.<\/p>\n<p>This feature does not ship with its own large-language model and can also be managed by Group Policy. See &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/windows\/terminal\/group-policy#enabled-language-modelsai-providers\">Group Policy for Windows Terminal<\/a>&#8221; for more information.<\/p>\n<h2>Use GitHub Copilot Free in Terminal Chat<\/h2>\n<p>Connecting GitHub Copilot in Terminal Chat allows you to get command suggestions and explanations without leaving the terminal. This is available for all GitHub Copilot customers using Windows Terminal Canary.<\/p>\n<p>GitHub Copilot Free is limited to 50 chat messages per month. This includes the usage of Copilot in the CLI, VS Code, and Visual Studio. If you reach your quota, you can upgrade on the web.<\/p>\n<h3>Prerequisites<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Access to GitHub Copilot.<\/strong> If you don&#8217;t already have access to GitHub Copilot, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/terminal-gh-copilot-trial\">sign up for GitHub Copilot Free<\/a> without a subscription<\/li>\n<li><strong>Windows Terminal Canary.<\/strong> You can <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal#installing-windows-terminal-canary\">download the latest build of Windows Terminal Canary<\/a> from the Windows Terminal GitHub repository <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Setup<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Open the dropdown menu and select <strong>Settings<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Terminal Chat (Experimental)<\/strong> setting<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Service Providers<\/strong>, select <strong>GitHub Copilot<\/strong> and <strong>Authenticate via GitHub<\/strong> to sign in to your GitHub account<\/li>\n<li>After successfully authenticating, ensure that <strong>Set as active provider<\/strong> is checked and click <strong>Save<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>After this, you will be able to use GitHub Copilot in Terminal Chat!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeDemoTerminal.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/GitHubCopilotFreeDemoTerminal.gif\" alt=\"Animated GIF of a user signing into GitHub Copilot to enable Terminal Chat to chat with GitHub Copilot\" width=\"1683\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10572\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the GIF above, you will see an end-to-end demo of the authorization flow and how to use Terminal Chat.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking on Terminal Chat&#8217;s suggestion will copy it to the input line of your terminal. Terminal Chat will not run the suggestion automatically&#8211; This way, you will have time to reason over the command before executing it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>For those that haven&#8217;t used Terminal Chat in a while, you&#8217;ll also notice that chat content can now be copied to the clipboard. We also changed the way we render commands in the chat (with horizontal scrolling too!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/TerminalChatCopyText.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2025\/02\/TerminalChatCopyText.gif\" alt=\"Animated GIF of Terminal Chat text being highlighted and copied\" width=\"1683\" height=\"1080\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10574\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you used Terminal Chat with another GitHub Copilot plan in the past and have issues authenticating with your new GitHub Copilot Free plan, we recommend you selecting <strong>Clear stored auth tokens<\/strong> in the <strong>Terminal Chat (Experimental)<\/strong> setting and restarting Windows Terminal Canary.<\/p>\n<p>Terminal Chat only communicates to GitHub Copilot when the user sends a message. The chat history and name of the user\u2019s active shell is also appended to the message sent to GitHub Copilot. For more information on how to use GitHub Copilot responsibly with Windows Terminal, see &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/copilot\/responsible-use-of-github-copilot-features\/responsible-use-of-github-copilot-in-windows-terminal\">Responsible use of GitHub Copilot in Windows Terminal<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<h1>Let&#8217;s Build Together<\/h1>\n<p>For now, Terminal Chat is only available in Windows Terminal Canary. We are committed to transparency and listening to user feedback. We strongly believe that the inclusion of the open-source community will help us define the roadmap for our core product, Windows Terminal.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in the AI experiences that we are building, then check out the <code>feature\/llm<\/code> branch of the Windows Terminal repository or <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal#installing-windows-terminal-canary\">download the latest build of Windows Terminal Canary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a feature request or found a bug, then please <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/terminal\/issues\">submit a new Issue<\/a> on our GitHub repository. Send us feedback! Help us grow! And let\u2019s build together!<\/p>\n<p>If you need to set Group Policies for Terminal Chat, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/windows\/terminal\/group-policy#enabled-language-modelsai-providers\">Group Policy documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, if you want to explore the other features you get with GitHub Copilot (which includes GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio) then check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/terminal-gh-copilot-features\">GitHub Copilot website<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/commandline\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2023\/01\/Jan2023Signatures.png\" alt=\"2023 Signatures\" width=\"1801\" height=\"259\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8322\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows Terminal Canary users can now use Terminal Chat with the GitHub Copilot Free plan! \ud83d\ude80 GitHub Copilot Free is limited to 50 chat messages per month. 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