The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

This launches the core editor from Visual Studio Code in your browser with all the features you need to make a quick change and then commit it back to the repo.

GitHub Copilot in VS Code offers AI-driven coding, repository-specific insights, and automated workflows to enhance developer efficiency.

Microsoft published new documentation for Visual Studio 2022's GitHub Copilot Chat tool, explaining how to use 'threads' to improve the experience with the AI-powered coding assistant.