Supported surfaces for GitHub Copilot policies
Which policies affect which Copilot features and surfaces?
GitHub Copilot is available across various surfaces: in IDEs, in the CLI, and as multiple agents and chat interfaces on the GitHub website.
A dedicated policy exists to enable or disable each supported feature or surface. Additionally, you can set various policies to customize or control the Copilot experience. However, not every policy applies to every available surface.
The following table documents whether specific policies apply to different surfaces, but does not necessarily reflect whether the equivalent functionality is available. For example, Copilot cloud agent can access the Internet, but the "Copilot can search the web" policy does not affect this capability.
| Policy name | IDEs | Copilot cloud agent | Third-party agents | Copilot CLI | GitHub Copilot app | Copilot Chat in GitHub | Copilot code review | Spark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor preview features | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Copilot can search the web | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Configure custom models | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Suggestions matching public code | Supported | Supported1 | Supported1 | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| MCP servers in Copilot | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported |
| Restrict MCP access to registry servers | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Content exclusion | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported |
| Configure models | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Copilot Memory | Not supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Not supported | Not supported | Supported | Not supported |
Footnotes
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https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/reference/Only supported in annotate mode. See AUTOTITLE. ↩ ↩2