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Software development and version control platform GitHub today announced a limited public beta release of Copilot Chat on Visual Studio and VS Code. It is a contextually-aware chatbot that is designed for developers and fits into the Integrated development environment. Some of its features include code analysis, simple troubleshooting and personalised assistance.
GitHub terms the launch of Copilot Chat as the first step in bringing Copilot X to enterprise companies. Copilot X is a chatbot that was developed in partnership with OpenAI and uses its cutting-edge GPT-4. Some of the key features of Copilot Chat touted by GitHub are as follows.
It will also help engineers fix security issues by making suggestions to reduce the number of vulnerabilities found during security scans. Also, if a coder does not know what a code block is supposed to do, they can ask Copilot Chat, which will break down complex concepts and explain code snippets. Copilot Chat can also help troubleshoot by identifying issues and offering suggestions, explanations and alternative approaches.
“Weeks or months spent slogging over unit tests and endless backlogs of boilerplate code will be a thing of the past. As the centrepiece feature of GitHub. Copilot X, we believe Copilot Chat will swing the doors wide open to a new age where natural language powers the coding experience, democratising software development as we know it and making entire teams of developers happier and more productive,” said Mario Rodriguez, vice president of product at GitHub, in a press statement.
According to Rodriguez, the introduction of tools like GitHub Copilot means that developers can focus on building rather than on troubleshooting and other tasks that can be handled by the chatbot.
