GitHub Copilot was one of the first examples of successful collaboration between OpenAI and Microsoft, but code completion alone is not enough today. We live in the era of AI chatbots, so GitHub introduced a new service Copilot X.
Chatbot, whisperer, tester…
It is essentially an integrated ChatGPT chatbot directly into the GitHub environment, a specific repository and code editor, which is optimized for answering programmer questions, creating test routines, etc.
GitHub Copilot X in the official trailer:
Of course, the upgraded buddy runs on the latest GPT-4 AI model, but like the basic Copilot code whisperer, it won’t be free. Only current subscribers can participate in the beta version. The monthly fee will be $10, and the annual fee will be $100.
Copilot for Docs will help with documentation
The enhanced Copilot is complemented by several standalone tools available by invitation:
The first, as its name suggests, specializes in documentation. In the form of a dialogue, you can ask about various libraries, frameworks and the like in natural language. So far, the documentation chatbot can only work with help for the framework React, Azure a MDN od Mozilly (HTML, CSS, Javascript).
Copilot for Docs a Copilot for CLI
The Copilot CLI will similarly help with commands in the terminal in which it also lives, and the latter will take care of automatically uploading code changes to the repository and related management. Check out these (1, 2) videos.
