Govern GitHub Copilot and build APIs from GitHub¶

WSO2 API Platform works alongside the GitHub tools you already use. Route GitHub Copilot through AI Gateway, build API proxies from GitHub repositories, and design governed APIs with Copilot in VS Code.

End-to-end guides¶

A step-by-step guide for GitHub Copilot.

Configure GitHub Copilot with AI Gateway

Route GitHub Copilot CLI and Copilot Chat in VS Code through an App LLM Proxy.

Guide · GitHub Copilot · Hybrid

AI Gateway with GitHub Copilot¶

With the bring-your-own-key (BYOK) option, GitHub Copilot sends requests for your model to an LLM proxy on WSO2 AI Gateway. Requests for GitHub-hosted models still go directly to GitHub.

Copilot's model provider¶

The Copilot guide uses an OpenAI provider.

Configure GitHub Copilot with AI Gateway End-to-end guide
Configure an LLM provider AI Workspace

OpenAI provider AI Gateway

Routing, token limits, cost control, and the other AI Workspace policies work the same way for every provider. See the AI Workspace overview.

Routing, token limits, cost control, and the gateway's other policies work the same way for every provider. See the AI Gateway documentation.

GitHub repositories¶

Keep an API proxy's contract and configuration in a GitHub repository, then build and deploy the proxy from it.

Create an API proxy from source¶

Connect a repository that holds the API contract and a component.yaml file.

Create an API proxy from a GitHub repository Cloud console

GitHub Copilot in VS Code¶

The API Designer extension for VS Code uses GitHub Copilot Chat to draft, edit, and fix OpenAPI specifications, and checks them against governance rules. It works the same way for every deployment.

Design and govern APIs¶

Draft a specification with Copilot, then review and fix governance findings.

Get started with API Designer VS Code extension
Govern APIs with API Designer VS Code extension
API Designer end-to-end tutorial VS Code extension

Architecture and responsibility model¶

WSO2 API Platform and GitHub split the work like this:

Scenario	WSO2 role	GitHub role	Runtime traffic
GitHub Copilot through AI Gateway	Authenticates developers and applies guardrails, rate limits, and analytics	Provides the Copilot clients	BYOK model requests go through WSO2 AI Gateway to the model provider
API proxy from a GitHub repository	Builds, deploys, and manages the API proxy	Hosts the source and configuration	API traffic goes through the WSO2 gateway, not through GitHub
API design with Copilot in VS Code	Provides the API Designer extension and governance rules	Provides Copilot Chat	Runs in the developer's editor, with no API traffic involved

Learn more¶

Related pages in the GitHub documentation:

To browse every guide by goal, see the Guides overview.