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Jan 3, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Inside GitHub Copilot: How Prompts, Models, and Telemetry Really Work

A University of Illinois researcher reverse‑engineers GitHub Copilot, revealing how its VS Code extension builds complex prompts, selects models, manages telemetry, and decides which suggestions to display, while exposing configuration details, prompt‑engineering pipelines, model calls, and privacy implications for developers.