Microsoft выложила в открытый доступ код расширения GitHub Copilot Chat для VS Code под лицензией MIT. Теперь сообщество может кастомизировать AI-помощника под свои нужды! 🚀🔥 Что это даёт? Больше свободы для разработчиков и возможность создавать свои фичи на базе Copilot. Хочешь интегрировать его в свой workflow или добавить уникальные команды? Теперь это реально! 💡 Где найти? Исходники уже на GitHub. Погружайся в код и улучшай свой AI-ассистент. #OpenSourceWinning 🤖💬
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EditorDavidon Saturday July 05, 2025 @05:34PM from the opening-AI dept. «Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license,» reports BleepingComputer . This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding assistant, including the implementation of «agent mode,» what contextual data is sent to large language models (LLMs), and the design of system prompts. The GitHub repository hosting the code also details telemetry collection mechanisms, addressing long-standing questions about data transparency in AI-assisted coding tools… As the VS Code team explained previously , shifts in AI tooling landscape like the rapid growth of the open-source AI ecosystem and a more level playing field for all have reduced the need for secrecy around prompt engineering and UI design. At the same time, increased targeting of development tools by malicious actors has increased the need for crowdsourcing contributions to rapidly pinpoint problems and develop effective fixes. Essentially, openness is now considered superior from a security perspective. «If you’ve been hesitant to adopt AI tools because you don’t trust the black box behind them, this move opensources-github-copilot-chat-vscode/offers something rare these days: transparency ,» writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli » Now that the extension is open source, developers can audit how agent mode actually works. You can also dig into how it manages your data, customize its behavior, or build entirely new tools on top of it. This could be especially useful in enterprise environments where compliance and control are non negotiable. It is worth pointing out that the backend models powering Copilot remain closed source. So no, you won’t be able to self host the whole experience or train your own Copilot. But everything running locally in VS Code is now fair game. Microsoft says it is planning to eventually merge inline code completions into the same open source package too, which would make Copilot Chat the new hub for both chat and suggestions. ← You may like to read: → A Common Assumption About Aging May Be Wrong, Study Suggests DOGE To Rewrite SSA Codebase In ‘Months’ Stanford Research Reveals 9.5% of Software Engineers ‘Do Virtually Nothing’ DARPA Wants to Automatically Transpile C Code Into Rust — Using AI ‘New Junior Developers Can’t Actually Code’ At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun To Resemble Warehouse Work Submission: Microsoft open sources GitHub Copilot Chat for VS Code so you can finally see ho This is the most recent story. Help us pick the next by voting on submissions , or submit your own .
