JD.SemanticKernel.Connectors.GitHubCopilot

Wire your GitHub Copilot subscription into any Semantic Kernel application with a single extension method call.

var kernel = Kernel.CreateBuilder()
    .UseCopilotChatCompletion()   // reads local Copilot credentials automatically
    .Build();

No API keys to manage. No token files to maintain. If you have a GitHub Copilot subscription and have used Copilot in VS Code or another editor, the package finds your credentials and handles the two-step token exchange automatically.

Why this package?

GitHub Copilot exposes an OpenAI-compatible API behind a two-step OAuth token exchange. Your local editor stores a ghu_* OAuth token in apps.json. This package reads that token, exchanges it for a short-lived Copilot API token via the GitHub API, and injects the appropriate Authorization, Editor-Version, and User-Agent headers transparently.

The result: any Semantic Kernel application can use GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, o4-mini, and other models available through your Copilot subscription — without managing separate API keys for each provider.

Topic Description
Getting Started Minimal working example — SK kernel in five lines
Authentication Flow How the two-step token exchange works
Kernel Builder Integration Full UseCopilotChatCompletion() reference
Configuration Reference All options, environment variables, enterprise config
Model Discovery Query available models from your subscription
Sample: CopilotChat CLI Interactive chat sample using the connector
API Reference Full generated API docs

Available models (through Copilot)

Model Provider ID
GPT-4o OpenAI gpt-4o
GPT-4.1 OpenAI gpt-4.1
Claude Sonnet 4 Anthropic claude-sonnet-4
Gemini 2.5 Pro Google gemini-2.5-pro
o4-mini OpenAI o4-mini

Use CopilotModelDiscovery to enumerate all models available to your subscription at runtime.

Shared Abstractions

This package includes JD.SemanticKernel.Connectors.Abstractions — a shared interface layer for multi-provider connector bridging:

Interface Purpose
ISessionProvider Credential resolution and lifecycle
IModelDiscoveryProvider Runtime model enumeration
SessionCredentials Normalized token + expiry record
SessionOptionsBase Shared config (SSL bypass, custom endpoint)

The ClaudeCode connector also implements these interfaces, enabling MCP server bridging across subscriptions.

Supported targets

TFM SK extensions Core auth types
netstandard2.0 — ✓
net8.0 ✓ ✓
net10.0 ✓ ✓
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