Finding and installing plugins for GitHub Copilot CLI

Extend Copilot's functionality by installing plugins created by the community or by your team.

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Introduction

Plugins are packages that extend the functionality of Интерфейс командной строки Copilot. You can install a plugin from a marketplace that you have registered with the CLI, from a GitHub repository, or from a local path.

For more information, see About plugins for GitHub Copilot CLI.

Примечание.

You can find help on using plugins by entering copilot plugin [SUBCOMMAND] --help in the terminal.

Finding plugins

Plugins are collected together in marketplaces. A marketplace is a registry of plugins that you can browse and install from. You can add a marketplace to your CLI configuration, which allows you to use the CLI to browse and install plugins from that marketplace—see Adding plugin marketplaces. Copilot comes with two marketplaces already registered by default: copilot-plugins and awesome-copilot.

Alternatively, you can search for plugin marketplaces online and then add a plugin directly from a repository.

To use the CLI to browse the plugins in one of your registered marketplaces:

  1. Check which marketplaces are currently registered.

    In the terminal, list the available marketplaces by entering:

    Shell
    copilot plugin marketplace list

    Alternatively, in an interactive session, enter:

    Copilot prompt
    /plugin marketplace list

  2. Browse the plugins in a registered marketplace.

    From the list of registered marketplaces, copy the name of the marketplace you want to browse—for example, awesome-copilot—then enter the following command, replacing MARKETPLACE-NAME:

    Shell
    copilot plugin marketplace browse MARKETPLACE-NAME

Installing plugins

Typically, you'll install a plugin from one of your registered marketplaces. However, you can also install a plugin directly from a GitHub repository, or from a local path.

For information on how to register additional marketplaces, see Adding and removing plugin marketplaces.

Install from a registered marketplace

Shell
copilot plugin install PLUGIN-NAME@MARKETPLACE-NAME

For example, to install the database-data-management plugin from the awesome-copilot marketplace enter:

Shell
copilot plugin install database-data-management@awesome-copilot

Alternatively, in an interactive session, enter:

Copilot prompt
/plugin install PLUGIN-NAME@MARKETPLACE-NAME

Install from GitHub directly

You can install a plugin directly from a GitHub repository, without first adding a marketplace to your list of registered marketplaces.

Shell
copilot plugin install OWNER/REPO:PATH/TO/PLUGIN

For example,

Shell
copilot plugin install github/awesome-copilot:plugins/security-best-practices

Install from a local path

Shell
copilot plugin install ./PATH/TO/PLUGIN

Managing installed plugins

copilot plugin list                    # View installed plugins
copilot plugin update PLUGIN-NAME      # Update plugin to latest version
copilot plugin uninstall PLUGIN-NAME   # Remove plugin completely

Where plugins are stored

Plugins installed from a marketplace are stored under: ~/.copilot/installed-plugins/MARKETPLACE/PLUGIN-NAME/. Plugins installed directly (for example, from a local path) are stored under: ~/.copilot/installed-plugins/_direct/PLUGIN-NAME/.

Adding plugin marketplaces

To add a marketplace to the list of registered marketplaces, enter the following command in the terminal:

Shell
copilot plugin marketplace add OWNER/REPO

Where OWNER/REPO identifies a repository on GitHub.com that has been configured as a CLI plugin marketplace.

For example to add the claude-code-plugins marketplace, hosted at https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code, enter:

Shell
copilot plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-code

Alternatively, in an interactive session, enter:

Copilot prompt
/plugin marketplace add OWNER/REPO

If a marketplace is located on the local file system, instead of on GitHub, use the path to the marketplace directory instead of OWNER/REPO. For example:

Shell
copilot plugin marketplace add /PATH/TO/MARKETPLACE-DIRECTORY

If a marketplace is located in a Git repository that is not hosted on GitHub, use the URL of the Git repository. For example:

Shell
copilot plugin marketplace add https://gitlab.example.com/team/plugins.git

Removing plugin marketplaces

To remove a marketplace from the CLI enter:

Shell
copilot plugin marketplace remove MARKETPLACE-NAME

Or, in an interactive session:

Copilot prompt
/plugin marketplace remove MARKETPLACE-NAME

Примечание.

When adding a marketplace you reference the marketplace using the OWNER/REPO of the GitHub repository that has been configured as a marketplace. When removing a marketplace, however, you reference the name of the marketplace as it appears in your list of registered marketplaces.

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