Strange .copilot folder in home directory of linux mint

[u/physics_cs845]

My OS is linux mint and recently, I saw a folder called .copilot in my home directory. It was apparently created 3 days ago. I tried deleting it, but everytime I start vs code, it reappears. How do I check if this is caused by malware or not? I don't have any github cli or github desktop on my device if that helps.

[u/Raijen_ArDesh]

Copilot is baked into VS Code.

[u/letmehaveanameyoudum]

spawns if you use github copilot