copilot-cli

Description

Execute GitHub Copilot CLI via exec for code gen, file edits, shell tasks using advanced models (Claude/GPT-5). Use when needing Copilot-powered coding/automation.

Installation

npm install -g @github/copilot

or on macOS:

brew install copilot-cli

Verify:

copilot --help

Authentication

1. Run

   copilot

   (interactive mode).
2. Type

   /login

   and follow prompts (uses GitHub account, requires Copilot subscription).

For non-interactive use after auth.

Usage

Non-interactive (one-shot prompts)

copilot -p \"Your prompt here\" --allow-all --silent

• --allow-all

  : Enables all tools/paths/URLs (use

  --yolo

  for short).

• --silent

  : Outputs only agent response.

• --model claude-sonnet-4.6

  or

  gpt-5.2

  etc. to choose model.

In OpenClaw exec:

exec:
  command: copilot -p 'Generate a Python script to...' --allow-all --silent

Interactive

exec:
  command: copilot
  pty: true

Then use

process

tool:

• send-keys

  : Send input like

  ['prompt text', 'Enter']

• log

  : View output

Examples

Shell task

copilot -p 'List all .js files and summarize' --allow-all

Code generation

copilot -p 'Create a simple Express server in Node.js' --allow-all --silent

File edits

copilot -p 'Add error handling to main.js' --allow-all

Advanced models

copilot -p '...' --model gpt-5.3-codex --allow-all

Test

Tested: Generated

hello_world.sh

:

#!/bin/bash
echo \"Hello, World!\"

Solana NFT mint test started successfully (complex task running).

Tips

• Custom instructions from AGENTS.md auto-loaded.
• Use

  --no-custom-instructions

  if needed.
• For scripting:

  --share

  to output session.md
• Logs:

  ~/.copilot/logs/