WhyNotHugoApr 1

What Is Copilot Exactly?

https://idiallo.com/blog/what-is-copilot-exactly

What is Copilot exactly?

A coworker of mine told me that he uses Microsoft Copilot frequently. In fact, he said "I don't know how I did my work without it." That came as a surprise to me. I can't stand Copilot. This is a very

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This is weird to me because I don't think I talk to anyone regularly who even uses Cursor anymore, let alone Copilot. It's Claude and Codex now, and then people with more interesting/oddball TUI agents or async web agents.
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I use Github Copilot because it's what my job provides to me. But 95% of my usage is via OpenCode (which is officially supported [0]), not copilot-cli or their IDE plugins. The rest is autocomplete in the IDE.

I actually find it to be a great deal, especially because they charge by request rather than token. So if you provide detailed prompts a lot of work can get done for very little cost.

[0] https://github.blog/changelog/2026-01-16-github-copilot-now-...

GitHub Copilot now supports OpenCode - GitHub Changelog

GitHub is officially supporting using your Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, or Enterprise subscription with OpenCode. GitHub Copilot now fully supports authentication with OpenCode through a formal partnership, allowing you to…

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