Comment by zingar

On using different models: GitHub copilot has an API that gives you access to many different models from many different providers. They are very transparent about how they use your data[1]; in some cases it’s safer to use a model through them than through the original provider.

You can point Claude at the copilot models with some hackery[2] and opencode supports copilot models out of the box.

Finally, copilot is quite generous with the amount of usage you get from a Github pro plan (goes really far with Sonnet 4.6 which feels pretty close to Opus 4.5), and they’re generous with their free pro licenses for open source etc.

Despite having stuck to autocomplete as their main feature for too long, this aspect of their service is outstanding.

[1]: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/ai-models/model...

[2]: https://github.com/ericc-ch/copilot-api