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Join the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge! Win GitHub Universe Tickets, Copilot Pro+ Subscriptions and $1,000 in Cash 💸

Jess Lee on January 22, 2026

We're excited to announce our newest challenge with GitHub! Running through February 15, the GitHub Copilot CLI Challenge invites you to experien...

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Dmitrii Efimov • Jan 22

Good luck to all participants!

ANIRUDDHA ADAK • Jan 22

cool

Togun Oludolapo Ajisola • Feb 4

Great - alright let's gooooo!!!

Ben Halpern The DEV Team • Jan 22

This one looks great, good luck everyone!

Art light • Jan 28

This is a really exciting challenge—bringing Copilot directly into the CLI feels like a natural next step for how many of us actually work day to day. I especially like how open-ended the prompt is; it encourages practical solutions while still leaving room for creative and experimental ideas that show real workflow impact. I’m definitely interested in joining and exploring how Copilot CLI can speed up debugging and everyday automation in my own projects 🚀

EmberNoGlow • Jan 22

This is too tempting an offer. But what can I do?

Brad • Jan 23 • Edited

So I'm already using copilot a bunch of other ways, but don't actually use the CLI much.

Good reason if any to look into how to leverage it more. I have one project idea that I think would be fun to try out.

ANIRUDDHA ADAK • Feb 2

Looks interesting!

ujja • Feb 18

@jess I had to turn off the comments on my video submission. Doing so seems to have updated the date on the video, but the URL remains the same, as it’s still the original upload.

Just wanted to check if that’s alright.

Sophia Devy • Jan 22

This looks like a fun challenge with solid incentives. Bringing Copilot directly into the CLI feels like a natural next step, and the open-ended prompt makes it easy to experiment with real workflows instead of forced demos. Definitely tempting to build something small but genuinely useful with this.

Gábor Mészáros • Jan 28

Rock & Roll

Coding Panel • Jan 28

This challenge looks awesome! 🚀 Can’t wait to experiment with Copilot CLI in the terminal—building something that’s both fun and actually useful sounds like a perfect excuse to dive in. Loving the prizes too

adriens • Jan 29

On my way 🤩

Tahir yamin • Jan 25

will they provide API key or generous token for this hackathon?

imcoul • Jan 23

Sounds like something to try. Good luck to you. #LetsServe

Risyandi • Feb 13

Nice information

Natzull • Jan 23

Let's goooo

A L T A F • Jan 23

This challenge is 🔥
Copilot in the terminal is a total game-changer—can’t wait to see the creative CLI tools people build.
Good luck to everyone and happy hacking! 🚀💻

Usan • Feb 14

Hello. I have just got the email concerning this challenge just right now on the 14th of February. I know that I have no chance to win something but I will try at least to learn , understand what this is about and at the end be able to do something. Again thank you to the organizers of this challenge and the Dev team.

Zuhaib Mohammed • Feb 1

Ai *Slobe *🤣🤣🤣👎

DNSZLSK • Feb 8

Just submitted my entry 2 days ago : GitCoach, an interactive CLI that teaches Git through guided menus with 5 Copilot CLI integrations.

Quick question: do judges review every submission, or only the most popular ones?

Alphonse Kazadi • Jan 23

So interesting! Let's give it a try.

Palash Kanti Kundu • Jan 28

I am just curious. I have some idea on what I would build but question is I don't have a subscription of copilot. Do I need to have a subscription plan to enter?

Abdou yout • Feb 11

But I don't have Copilot subscription yet. How to proceed ?

Peter Vivo • Feb 11 • Edited

# node 24+
npm install -g @github/copilot
copilot
/login

Abdou yout • Feb 11

😒! installation ? subscription.

Saifeldeen Khalaf • Jan 29

That's so cool, actually tried Copilot CLI the other day and already was thinking about ditching the UI interface. it feels way better and the output felt cleaner don't know if that's me or there is a reason for that.

Andrew Burch • Feb 9

what if some developers don't want to use AI to do everything for them?
we go to college to learn to code, not learn to use AI.

Dhruba Patra • Feb 4

All the best to every one.

MMAR58 • Jan 31

Ohhh, Great contest. Working on it now.

Sumith-designer • Jan 30

That's cool!

Samet UCA • Jan 30

Ever since AI came out, anyone who can open an editor joins these competitions. Where are the old days when only people who truly wrote code participated?