copilot-sdk
copilot-sdk is an agent skill published by intellectronica, listed under building agents. It lives in the intellectronica/agent-skills repository, which has 298 GitHub stars and is licensed under CC0-1.0; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
This SDK facilitates integration with GitHub Copilot across multiple programming languages including Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, and Java. It requires authentication and manages permissions, streaming events, custom tools, and session persistence.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads intellectronica/agent-skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add intellectronica/agent-skills
Maintenance
This skill helps with GitHub Copilot SDK work across Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, and Java. It covers setup, authentication, permissions, streaming events, custom tools, custom agents, MCP servers, hooks, skills, and session persistence.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| copilot-sdk (this page) | intellectronica | This skill helps with GitHub Copilot SDK work across Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, and Java. It cover… | 298 | 2026-04-25 |
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Common questions about copilot-sdk
- What does copilot-sdk do?
- This SDK facilitates integration with GitHub Copilot across multiple programming languages including Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, and Java. It requires authentication and manages permissions, streaming events, custom tools, and session persistence.
- How do I install copilot-sdk?
- Run npx skills add intellectronica/agent-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes copilot-sdk?
- intellectronica.
- Is copilot-sdk maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 298 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-04-25. The repository declares the CC0-1.0 licence.
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