Installing the Copilot Extension

The PolyAPI Copilot Extension is currently only available for VSCode and github.com, availability for other IDEs coming soon. Note that Copilot Extensions entered public beta on Sept. 9, 2024.

Learn more about Copilot Extensions

Getting the Extension

Let’s head over to GitHub Marketplace and install the PolyAPI Copilot Extension.

  1. Sign in to your GitHub account if you haven’t already.

  2. Click “Install” which will bring up a page like this:

Install & Authorize PolyAPI

  1. Click “Install & Authorize”.

  2. After installing, you will be redirected to the PolyAPI platform login page. If you already have a valid PolyAPI key, then you can jump to step 6, otherwise click “Sign up here” below the login button to signup and get a new API key.

  3. To sign up for a PolyAPI account, please refer to the first section of our Quickstart guide.

  4. Grab one of your existing PolyAPI keys or copy your new API key and keep it handy. You will need it later to authenticate the extension to your tenant environment of choice.

VSCode Setup

OK now let’s jump over to VSCode.

  1. Open VSCode.

  2. Go to Extensions (on mac Shift+cmd+X).

  3. Search for copilot

  4. Select GitHub Copilot Chat

  5. Click Install

Install GitHub Copilot Chat

  1. May require VSCode restart.

Conclusion

That’s it! You’re all set up to use the PolyAPI Copilot Extension in VSCode!

Let’s take a look at Using the Copilot Extension.