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An VS Code ChatGPT Copilot Extension

The Most Loved Open-Source ChatGPT Extension for VS Code

ChatGPT Copilot is a powerful and telemetry-free extension for Visual Studio Code, bringing the capabilities of ChatGPT directly into your coding environment.

Features

• 🤖 Supports GPT-5, o1/o3, Claude, Gemini, Ollama, Claude Code, Github Copilot and other OpenAI-compatible local models with your API key from OpenAI, Azure OpenAI Service, Google, Anthropic or other providers. • 💥 Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bring your own tools for best AI responses. • 📂 Chat with your Files: Add multiple files and images to your chat using @ for seamless collaboration. • 📃 Streaming Answers: Receive real-time responses to your prompts in the sidebar conversation window. • 📖 Prompt Manager: Chat with your own prompts (use # to search). • 🔥 Tool calls via prompt parsing for models that don't support native tool calling. • 📝 Code Assistance: Create files or fix your code with one click or keyboard shortcuts. • ➡️ Export Conversations: Export all your conversation history at once in Markdown format. • 📰 Custom Prompt Prefixes: Customize what you are asking ChatGPT with ad-hoc prompt prefixes. • 💻 Seamless Code Integration: Copy, insert, or create new files directly from ChatGPT's code suggestions. • ➕ Editable Prompts: Edit and resend previous prompts. • 🛡️ Telemetry Free: No usage data is collected.

Recent Release Highlights

• v4.10: Add Claude Code provider. • v4.9: Add prompt based tool calls for models that don't support native tool calling. • v4.8: New LOGO and new models. • v4.7: Added Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration. • v4.6: Added prompt manager, Github Copilot provider and chat with files.

Installation

• Install the extension from the Visual Studio Marketplace or search ChatGPT Copilot in VScode Extensions and click install. • Reload Visual Studio Code after installation.

Supported Models & Providers

AI Providers

The extension supports major AI providers with hundreds of models:

| Provider | Models | Special Features |

| OpenAI | GPT-5, GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o3, o4-mini | Reasoning models, function calling | | Anthropic | Claude Sonnet 4, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Claude Opus 4 | Advanced reasoning, large context | | Google | Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini Pro | Search grounding, multimodal | | GitHub Copilot | GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 4, o3-mini, Gemini 2.5 Pro | Built-in VS Code authentication | | Claude Code | CLaude Sonnet/Opus 4 | Vibe coding in SOLO mode | | DeepSeek | DeepSeek R1, DeepSeek Reasoner | Advanced reasoning capabilities | | Azure OpenAI | GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1 | Enterprise-grade security | | Azure AI | Various non-OpenAI models | Microsoft's AI model hub | | Ollama | Llama, Qwen, CodeLlama, Mistral | Local model execution | | Groq | Llama, Mixtral, Gemma | Ultra-fast inference | | Perplexity | Llama, Mistral models | Web-enhanced responses | | xAI | Grok models | Real-time information | | Mistral | Mistral Large, Codestral | Code-specialized models | | Together | Various open-source models | Community models | | OpenRouter | 200+ models | Access to multiple providers |

AI Services

Configure the extension by setting your API keys and preferences in the settings.

| Configuration | Description |

| API Key | Required, get from OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic or other AI services | | API Base URL | Optional, default to "" | | Model | Optional, default to "gpt-4o" |

Refer to the following sections for more details on configuring various AI services.

OpenAI

Special notes for ChatGPT users: OpenAI API is billed separately from ChatGPT App. You need to add credits to your OpenAI for API usage here. Once you add credits to your API, create a new api key and it should work.

| Configuration | Example |

| API Key | your-api-key | | Model | gpt-4o | | API Base URL | (Optional) |

Ollama

Pull your image first from Ollama library and then setup the base URL and custom model.

| Configuration | Example |

| Provider | Ollama | | API Key | ollama (Optional) | | Model | custom | | Custom Model | qwen2.5 | | API Base URL | |

Note that should be used if you're using OpenAI provider or Auto provider (default is using OpenAI-compatible API).

DeepSeek

Ollama provider:

| Configuration | Example |

| Provider | Ollama | | API Key | ollama (Optional) | | Model | custom | | Custom Model | deepseek-r1 | | API Base URL | |

Note that should be used if you're using OpenAI provider or Auto provider (default is using OpenAI-compatible API).

DeepSeek provider:

| Configuration | Example |

| API Key | your-deepseek-key | | Model | deepseek-reasoner | | API Base URL | |

SiliconFlow (SiliconCloud) provider:

| Configuration | Example |

| API Key | your-siliconflow-key | | Model | custom | | Custom Model | deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1 | | API Base URL | |

Azure AI Foundry provider:

| Configuration | Example |

| API Key | your-azure-ai-key | | Model | DeepSeek-R1 | | API Base URL | https://[endpoint-name].[region].models.ai.azure.com |

Claude Code

| Configuration | Example |

| Provider | ClaudeCode. | | Claude Code Path | /opt/homebrew/bin/claude | | Model | claude-sonnet-4-20250514 |

OAuth Providers (Subscription-Based)

In addition to API key providers, the extension supports OAuth authentication for subscription-based access:

Gemini (Google OAuth)

Use your Google account with a Gemini subscription. No API key required.

| Configuration | Example |

| Provider | Gemini | | Model | gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-2.5-flash |

Setup:

1. Run command: ChatGPT: Login with Gemini OAuth 2. Complete Google authentication in browser 3. Select Gemini as provider

Claude (Anthropic OAuth)

Use your Anthropic account with a Claude Pro/Max subscription. No API key required.

| Configuration | Example |

| Provider | Claude | | Model | claude-sonnet-4, claude-opus-4 |

Setup:…