openai-github-copilot/scripts

To use the openai-github-copilot service, you need a GitHub Copilot-enabled access token. This is a string that starts with either ghu_ or gho_.

This directory contains scripts that assist you in locating the access token on your system (if you've previously used the official Copilot plugin or CLI), or generating a new one.

Warning

You still need an active Copilot subscription.

For your convenience, we've listed command lines below that you can execute immediately, without the need to download any script explicitly.

Of course, you can also execute these scripts locally.

While the scripts are straightforward and you can review their source code yourself, their use is entirely optional. You can achieve the same results without using these third-party scripts:

• If you have previously used Copilot in VSCode or JetBrains, you should check the hosts.json file, which is located at ~/.config/github-copilot/hosts.json (for Linux), or %LOCALAPPDATA%\github-copilot\hosts.json (for Windows).

• If you have previously used Copilot through the github-copilot-cli, you should check a different file: ~/.copilot-cli-access-token (for Linux), or %HOMEDRIVE%HOMEPATH%\.copilot-cli-access-token (for Windows).

  If not, then follow next steps:

  • Install it using npm i -g @githubnext/github-copilot-cli (you need Node.js for this).
  • Run github-copilot-cli auth and follow the instructions.
    Ignore the "Failed to authenticate.." message, it's not relevant here.
  • Retrieve your token from copilot-cli-access-token, as described above.

Find existing Github Copilot access token

• Bash

  curl -LsSf https://gitea.com/PublicAffairs/openai-github-copilot/raw/main/scripts/find_token.sh | sh
  

• Powershell

  powershell -c "irm https://gitea.com/PublicAffairs/openai-github-copilot/raw/main/scripts/Find-Token.ps1 | iex"
  

Generate Github Copilot access token

• Bash

  curl -LsSf https://gitea.com/PublicAffairs/openai-github-copilot/raw/main/scripts/get_copilot_token.sh | sh
  

• Python

  curl -LsSf https://gitea.com/PublicAffairs/openai-github-copilot/raw/main/scripts/get_copilot_token.py | python
  

• Powershell

  powershell -c "irm https://gitea.com/PublicAffairs/openai-github-copilot/raw/main/scripts/Get-CopilotToken.ps1 | iex"