# microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat

Copilot Chat extension for VS Code

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vscode-copilot-chat
Homepage: https://code.visualstudio.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-05-20T10:23:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 83, release rhythm 78, longevity 32
- inputs: {"age_days": 449, "days_push": 105, "days_rel": 148, "gap_med": 4, "n_releases_24m": 54}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9976, forks 2004 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:39.128194+00:00)

## What it is
The GitHub Copilot Chat extension for Visual Studio Code, providing AI chat, inline suggestions, and autonomous agent capabilities inside the editor. The repository has been archived and development moved into the main microsoft/vscode repository.

## Use cases
- add ai chat to vscode
- get inline code suggestions in the editor
- delegate coding tasks to an autonomous agent
- refactor codebase with ai assistance
- debug and fix failing tests with ai
- run multiple ai agent sessions in parallel
- hand off tasks between agent harnesses

## When to choose
- you want to study the open-sourced Copilot Chat extension source under MIT
- you need the historical codebase for research or fork purposes

## When to avoid
- you want to use or contribute to Copilot Chat today - it lives in microsoft/vscode now
- you need a self-hosted or offline AI coding assistant
- you do not have a GitHub Copilot subscription

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: chatbot, agent-framework, llm-inference, developer-tools, mcp
- domain: developer-tools, artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, web-development
- platform: cross-platform, editor-plugin, windows
- tags: vscode-extension, github-copilot, copilot-chat, ai-pair-programming, archived, code-assistant, agent-mode, typescript, ai-agents, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.128194+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:20:02.781834+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-copilot-chat (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:39.128194+00:00, sha cad2773f1d4f)
  - homepage: https://code.visualstudio.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.493397+00:00, sha f1c9acb3cd21)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/agents (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.497582+00:00, sha 1082190a4a5b)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/customizations (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.499348+00:00, sha 86ba16d916ad)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/models (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.501031+00:00, sha 84dbe41f828d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/enterprise (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.502513+00:00, sha 71be8492686d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/features/extensibility (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.504097+00:00, sha 0a66d9157767)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.505664+00:00, sha 3efa1aeb8e0d)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/faq (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.507237+00:00, sha 120e65225e79)
  - site_page: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agents-tutorial (fetched 2026-08-29T08:20:16.509585+00:00, sha fb7e5da5d253)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.