Copilot
An AI tool that suggests changes inline and waits for the user to accept — the human stays in the driver's seat.
A copilot lives inside an existing tool — your editor, your inbox, your CRM — and surfaces suggestions in context. Tab to accept, escape to reject. Every action is on-demand and reversible.
Copilots are the safest tier and the easiest to roll out, but the productivity ceiling is lower than agents. You're trading throughput for control and predictability.
The line between a copilot and a semi-autonomous agent is blurring fast. Cursor and GitHub Copilot both shipped agent modes in 2025 that go beyond the inline-suggestion paradigm.
Frequently asked
Should I use a copilot or an agent?+
Copilot if you want every change reviewed before it lands. Agent if you want throughput and you trust the verification loop. Most teams in 2026 run both: copilot for individual sessions, agent for backlog burndown.