GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant. It provides access to Copilot models for your GitHub account and plan. OpenClaw can use Copilot as a model provider in two different ways.

# Two ways to use Copilot in OpenClaw

openclaw models auth login-github-copilot

openclaw models set github-copilot/claude-opus-4.7

{
  agents: {
    defaults: { model: { primary: "github-copilot/claude-opus-4.7" } },
  },
}

# Optional flags

# Skip confirmation
openclaw models auth login-github-copilot --yes

# Login and set the default model in one step
openclaw models auth login --provider github-copilot --method device --set-default

# Non-interactive onboarding

If you already have a GitHub OAuth access token for Copilot, import it during headless setup with openclaw onboard --non-interactive:

openclaw onboard --non-interactive --accept-risk \
  --auth-choice github-copilot \
  --github-copilot-token "$COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  --skip-channels --skip-health

You can also omit --auth-choice; passing --github-copilot-token infers the GitHub Copilot provider auth choice. If the flag is omitted, onboarding falls back to COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN, GH_TOKEN, then GITHUB_TOKEN. Use --secret-input-mode ref with COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN set to store an env-backed tokenRef instead of plaintext in auth-profiles.json.

# Memory search embeddings

GitHub Copilot can also serve as an embedding provider for memory search. If you have a Copilot subscription and have logged in, OpenClaw can use it for embeddings without a separate API key.

# Auto-detection

When memorySearch.provider is "auto" (the default), GitHub Copilot is tried at priority 15 -- after local embeddings but before OpenAI and other paid providers. If a GitHub token is available, OpenClaw discovers available embedding models from the Copilot API and picks the best one automatically.

# Explicit config

{
  agents: {
    defaults: {
      memorySearch: {
        provider: "github-copilot",
        // Optional: override the auto-discovered model
        model: "text-embedding-3-small",
      },
    },
  },
}

# How it works

1. OpenClaw resolves your GitHub token (from env vars or auth profile).
2. Exchanges it for a short-lived Copilot API token.
3. Queries the Copilot /models endpoint to discover available embedding models.
4. Picks the best model (prefers text-embedding-3-small).
5. Sends embedding requests to the Copilot /embeddings endpoint.

Model availability depends on your GitHub plan. If no embedding models are available, OpenClaw skips Copilot and tries the next provider.

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