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GitHub Copilot
GitHub’s coding-assistant suite across IDEs, terminal, GitHub.com, and cloud agents that can plan changes and propose pull requests.
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| Capability | State | Scope | Evidence | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCP client | Supported | Product-wide | 1 primary | |
| Browser control | Supported with conditions | The documented cloud-agent browser is scoped to localhost. | 1 primary | |
| Terminal access | Supported | Product-wide | 1 primary | |
| Code execution | Supported | Product-wide | 2 primary | |
| Background agents | Supported | Product-wide | 1 primary | |
| Third-party connectors | Supported with conditions | Product-wide | 1 primary | |
| IDE integration | Supported | Product-wide | 1 primary | |
| Live web search | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| File upload | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| PDF analysis | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| Spreadsheet analysis | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| Image input | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| Image generation | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| Persistent memory | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified | |
| Desktop application | Unknown or unverified | Product-wide | Not verified |