GitHub Copilot Extension Chat function not appearing in VSCode

Question

I installed the Copilot extension, verified I was signed into my GitHub account, confirmed my billing/trial information, but I do not see the icon for the extension in my side panel to be able to engage the chat function. Does anything else need to be adjusted? This is happening on two different laptops.

I tried uninstalling and installing different versions of Copilot.

Answer 1

You will have to enable Copilot Chat in the IDE

If personal Copilot:

• https://github.com/settings/copilot

If your Copilot is managed via your org:

https://github.com/organizations/<your-org>/settings/copilot/policies

If via enterprise:

https://github.com/enterprises/<your-enterprise>/settings/copilot?tab=policies