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GitHub Copilot CLI Goes Provider-Agnostic: BYOK Support for Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, and Any OpenAI-Compatible Endpoint Including Offline Mode
On April 7, GitHub shipped BYOK to Copilot CLI, letting developers use any OpenAI-compatible endpoint — Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, vLLM, or Foundry Local — via environment variables. Set COPILOT_OFFLINE=true to cut all GitHub telemetry and server contact. GitHub authentication is not required when using your own provider. This transforms Copilot CLI from a GitHub-locked product into a provider-agnostic agentic terminal interface. Model must support tool calling, streaming, and ideally 128K+ context.
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