Bring Your Own Key to the GitHub Copilot app, now available for all Copilot plans
GitHub introduces Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) support in the GitHub Copilot app, showing how to connect custom model providers, run local models with Ollama, and switch models from the model picker across all Copilot plans.
Overview
The video demonstrates how the GitHub Copilot app now supports bring your own key (BYOK) so developers can connect custom model providers directly into their Copilot workflow.
Key points covered:
- BYOK in the GitHub Copilot app
- Connect custom model providers to use alongside GitHub-hosted models.
- Local model setup with Ollama
- Set up and use local models via Ollama.
- Switching models in the model picker
- Use the app’s model picker to switch between GitHub-hosted models and your own models.
- Parallel sessions
- Run parallel sessions that mix GitHub-hosted models and custom models.
- Availability
- BYOK support is available for all Copilot plans.
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