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Summary

This PR restructures the Copilot CLI installation guide to reflect that the server comes pre-installed. It also adds CLI flags documentation, server naming behaviour, and fixes the provided remote config.

Why

  • The original doc assumed users needed to configure the server from scratch.
  • The provided remote config was missing the type field

What changed

MCP impact

  • No tool or API changes
  • Tool schema or behavior changed
  • New tool added

Prompts tested (tool changes only)

Security / limits

  • No security or limits impact
  • Auth / permissions considered
  • Data exposure, filtering, or token/size limits considered

Tool renaming

  • I am renaming tools as part of this PR (e.g. a part of a consolidation effort)
    • I have added the new tool aliases in deprecated_tool_aliases.go
  • I am not renaming tools as part of this PR

Note: if you're renaming tools, you must add the tool aliases. For more information on how to do so, please refer to the official docs.

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  • Linted locally with ./script/lint
  • Tested locally with ./script/test

Docs only change.

Docs

  • Not needed
  • Updated (README / docs / examples)

Copilot AI review requested due to automatic review settings February 9, 2026 15:16
@kerobbi kerobbi requested a review from a team as a code owner February 9, 2026 15:16
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Pull request overview

This PR updates the Copilot CLI installation guide to reflect that the GitHub MCP server is available as a built-in server in Copilot CLI, and expands the guide with additional configuration and verification details.

Changes:

  • Documented the built-in github-mcp-server in Copilot CLI and added per-session CLI flag examples.
  • Clarified custom configuration options and server naming behavior.
  • Fixed the remote server config example by adding the missing type field and added a reference link for remote options.

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Looks good to me! Only comment is that we could add a link to our server configuration docs as it goes in depth on things like read only mode and lockdown mode? Just a thought! Not a blocker at all, I think this is good to go

@kerobbi kerobbi merged commit 46680db into main Feb 9, 2026
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@kerobbi kerobbi deleted the kerobbi/fix-copilot-cli-installation-guide branch February 9, 2026 17:34
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