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What is GitHub Copilot?

GitHub Copilot is an AI that reads your entire project and understands intent. It writes, plans, executes, fixes errors, and iterates autonomously. It connects to live data and external systems via MCP tools, and it works in conversation: you describe a goal, it works towards it. GitHub Copilot lives in your code editor, and runs locally in your computer.

Who is it for?

Copilot is useful for anyone who has repetitive tasks, documents to write, data to process, or ideas to build.

Developer

  • Write code, fix bugs, generate tests
  • Review pull requests, document APIs
  • Build full web apps with Agent mode

Engineer

  • Create plugins and scripts for engineering software
  • Transform data - eg. GIS to BIM
  • Automate runs, calculations. Generate VBA, Python, etc.

Analyst / Data

  • Write Python or SQL scripts without memorising syntax
  • Query databases and generate formatted reports
  • Automate repetitive Excel or data-prep tasks

Project Manager / Business Analyst

  • Draft documents, plans, and user stories
  • Summarise meeting notes and sprint data
  • Create structured requirement specs from rough notes

Anyone at AFRY

  • Draft and send status emails - auto-written from real data
  • Create AFRY-branded PowerPoint decks from bullet points
  • Find the right colleague or expert - AI searches the company directory
  • Pull data directly from AFRY's tenant, without leaving VS Code

What you can build or get done

  1. Build a web app from an idea - React + Azure, deployed with CI/CD, backed with a database and with AFRY login
  2. Draft and send a status email - Copilot reads sprint data, writes the email, sends it via AFRY's mail tools
  3. Create a branded slide deck - describe your content, Copilot builds the AFRY-branded .pptx
  4. Analyse application logs - ask Copilot to run KQL against Azure Application Insights
  5. Write a data analysis script - no prior Python experience needed; describe what you want
  6. Generate images for presentations - natural language to image, delivered as PNG or slide image
  7. Automate a repetitive Excel workflow - Copilot writes and runs the script

Three modes: Ask, Plan, Agent

Ask

Have a conversation with your codebase, your files, or the web. Ask questions, get explanations, explore options. Nothing changes - pure Q&A.

Plan

Tell Copilot what you want to achieve. It researches the problem and writes a step-by-step implementation plan. No files are touched - you read and approve before anything happens.

Agent

Copilot takes the plan and executes it. It reads files, writes code, runs terminal commands, fixes errors, and iterates. You stay in control - approve sensitive actions before they run.

Pick the right model for the job

GitHub Copilot Enterprise gives you access to all leading AI models - switch in one click.

Model Strength Best for
Auto Automatically choose the cheapest model Gives you the fastest and cheapest option at a 10% discount
GPT-5.4 Speed + broad knowledge Everyday chat, quick edits, inline completions
Claude Haiku 4.5 Fast, cheap, intelligent For everyday tasks
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Good value for money, nuanced reasoning Large codebases, long documents, careful planning
Claude Opus 4.6 Long context, Large codebases, planning
Gemini 3.5 Flash Multi-modal, fast Images, data analysis, code combined
GPT-5.4 mini Fast and lightweight Simple Q&A, high-volume tasks

Connected to AFRY

Out of the box, Copilot can chat about anything, read and edit your files, write and run code, and browse the web.

AFRY's tools extend this further via MCP servers

  • Look up any AFRY colleague - full profile, manager chain, direct reports
  • Create and edit AFRY-branded PowerPoint slides
  • Send emails to your team - auto-composed from data
  • Deep research, let GitHub Copilot search for material
  • Query Application Insights logs with natural language (KQL)
  • Peek at Azure Service Bus queues - dead-letter and active
  • Generate images - into slides or files

Teach Copilot how you work - Skills

Out of the box, Copilot is a generalist. A skill is a plain-text instruction file that makes it a specialist.

You write the skill once - the steps, the conventions, the tools - and anyone on the team can invoke it just by describing what they want.

Examples at AFRY:

  • Build a slide deck that follows the AFRY brand guide
  • Build a web app and deploy it in Azure
  • Apply AFRY brand guidelines to a presentation
  • Have Copilot write text as a human and minimize signs of AI slop

Start today

GitHub Copilot is available to all AFRY employees.

Three steps

  1. Order VS Code + GitHub Copilot from the AFRY Application Kiosk
  2. Sign in to AFRY's GitHub Enterprise - follow the prompts in VS Code
  3. Open Copilot Chat and ask your first question - try: "What can you help me with today?"