GitHub Copilot Guide

Boost productivity with IDE‑integrated completion, reviews and tests.

What is Copilot?

An AI coding assistant integrated with VS Code and JetBrains IDEs.

Converts natural language to code and supports review/tests/docs.

Key Features

Code generation

  • • Autocompletion
  • • Generate whole functions from comments

Review & tests

  • • PR review summaries
  • • Test case suggestions

IDE integration

  • • Shortcuts & realtime suggestions
  • • Context‑aware proposals

Pro Tips

Provide context

Open project files and add comments for better suggestions.

Ask reviews

Use prompts like ‘summarize issues’ in PRs.

Use Cases

Development

  • • Generate tests
  • • Refactoring suggestions
  • • Docs templates

Team

  • • Faster PR reviews
  • • Code standardization