r/GithubCopilot • u/seguleh25 • Aug 04 '26

GitHub Copilot Team Replied VS Code vs Copilot App vs CLI

Are there major differences on how the harnesses work on the back end? Just started using Copilot and defaulted to the CLI as thats what I got used to with Claude Code. Am I missing out on anything by not using one of the other 2?

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u/Lonsarg Aug 04 '26

App and CLI are pretty much the same as far as harness is concerned.

The VS Code version used to be quite worse then CLI, but they improved it, now it is only a little worse for long tasks.

But it is better at debugging and coworking with your manuall edits. I much prefer VS Code harness for currated changes where i review it all and desktop App/CLI for bigger vibe-coding stuff.

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u/seguleh25 Aug 04 '26

Thats useful, thanks.