# GitHub Copilot activity breakdown

Available at [AI tools → AI activity → GitHub Copilot](https://app.swarmia.com/ai/activity/github-copilot)

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If you're looking for a productivity boost from GitHub Copilot, it's not enough to enable the tool for your teams and then forget it. People need to pick up the new habit and invest the time to learn how to use it effectively. To support that, you need proper visibility into the current activity patterns.

With GitHub Copilot activity breakdown, you can:

* Understand what Copilot features people are actively using.
* See usage trends and understand the volume of code being generated with Copilot.
* Understand which languages, IDEs, chat modes, and LLM models people are using with Copilot.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Not all accepted code ends up in the codebase. An engineer could accept 200 Copilot-generated lines over the course of creating a 10-line pull request.

You can't use these metrics to get an accurate number of the share of your code that's AI-generated.
{% endhint %}

Read more in our full guide on [measuring the productivity impact of AI tools](https://help.swarmia.com/use-cases/measure-the-productivity-impact-of-ai-tools).

To track GitHub Copilot licenses, see [AI adoption metrics](https://help.swarmia.com/use-cases/measure-the-productivity-impact-of-ai-tools/ai-adoption-metrics).

## Setup

See our instructions for [enabling the GitHub Copilot integration](https://help.swarmia.com/getting-started/integrations/ai-coding-tool-integrations/github-copilot-integration).

## Frequently asked questions

### Why is data missing for the selected team?

The **Copilot usage metrics** feature must be enabled in your organization for us to get the usage data. [Check your organization's settings](https://help.swarmia.com/getting-started/integrations/ai-coding-tool-integrations/github-copilot-integration#id-2.-enable-copilot-metrics-apis). It can take up to 6 hours for Swarmia to sync the data after you've enabled the API.

### What data is included in this view?

This view is based on GitHub Copilot usage metrics data provided by GitHub. The data comes from telemetry provided by Copilot UIs like IDEs and Copilot CLI. End users must have telemetry enabled in their IDE to be included in these metrics.

The data does not include activity from other Copilot UIs, such as:

* Copilot Chat on GitHub.com
* GitHub Mobile

### Do these metrics include Copilot agent mode and Copilot coding agent?

* [**Copilot agent mode**](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/chat-with-copilot/chat-in-ide?tool=visualstudio#copilot-edits-1) allows Copilot to make autonomous edits directly in your local development environment (as a part of the Copilot Edits feature in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code).
  * ✅ Included in this view
* [**Copilot coding agent**](https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/coding-agent/about-coding-agent) works autonomously in GitHub Actions to complete tasks assigned through GitHub issues or GitHub Copilot Chat prompts, and creates pull requests with the results.
  * 👉 Not included in this view, but available in the [coding agents view](https://help.swarmia.com/use-cases/measure-the-productivity-impact-of-ai-tools/ai-agent-metrics).