Getting Started With GitHub Copilot CLI for Coding Tasks

Nowadays, there are quite a lot of AI coding assistants. In this blog, you will take a closer look at GitHub Code CLI, a terminal-based AI coding assistant. GitHub Copilot CLI integrates smoothly with GitHub Copilot, so if you have a GitHub Copilot subscription, it is definitely worth looking at. Enjoy!

Introduction

There are many AI models and also many AI coding assistants. Which one to choose is a hard question. It also depends on whether you run the models locally or in the cloud. When running locally, Qwen3-Coder is a very good AI model to be used for programming tasks. In previous posts, DevoxxGenie, a JetBrains IDE plugin, was often used as an AI coding assistant. DevoxxGenie is nicely integrated within the JetBrains IDE's. But it is also a good thing to take a look at other AI coding assistants. In previous blogs, Qwen Code and Claude Code were used in combination with local models.