After rolling out the beta version of GitHub Copilot Chat to all GitHub Copilot for Business users in July, the feature is now generally available.

The GitHub Copilot Chat feature in beta launched in July for GitHub Copilot for Business users. Now the feature is available to all GitHub Copilot users in Visual Studio and VS Code.

Work

Now all users can talk about coding with AI using the chat interface directly in the IDE. The AI ​​assistant supports developers in their preferred natural language.

Currently, the GitHub Copilot Chat beta is supported in both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code editors. GitHub Copilot for Individual users will receive an email with the next steps they need to take. These users must participate in GitHub’s beta program. For those who have not already done so, there is a link in the relevant email.

The possibilities

It is now possible for both individuals and teams to use GitHub Copilot Chat’s AI to:

• Learn new languages
• Bugs to fix
• Get to know new frameworks
• Ask programming questions in natural language

Through within the integrated development environment To proceed, the development process needs to be streamlined so that developers can maintain their focus.

GitHub Copilot Chat also allows users to suggest security patches. According to GitHub, this would improve the overall security of open source projects.

Other features and benefits GitHub highlights for Copilot Chat include:

• Live Help: AI can suggest coding tips and solutions in real-time
• Code analysis – this can also be done in smaller parts
• Security – AI can suggest adjustments and reduce the number of vulnerabilities
• Debugging – the AI ​​can identify problems and then make suggestions, provide explanations and suggest alternatives

If the system turns a public post into a code suggestion, a tool is available to report this. Earlier this year, Microsoft integrated GitHub Copilot into its Terminal application.