Copilot
- VS Code's native companion chat
- Default model is Github Copilot, has free tier, can be upgraded
- Supports OpenAI ChatGPT and Anthropic Claude up to a level
- Higher levels can be added
- Other models can be added, ie
- Chat GPT
- Claude
ChatGPT
- OpenAI (the provider)
- Chat GPT for general knowledge
- Chat GPT Codex is the version for development
- Has web version
- Has desktop version
- Has VS Code plugin
- Has terminal version (Codex CLI)
- Models: GPT 5.1 Codex, GPT 5.1 Codex Max
Claude
- Anthropic (the provider)
- Claude for general knowledge
- Claude Code is the version for development
- Claude Design is the version for design
- Has web version
- Has desktop version
- Has VS Code plugin
- Has terminal version (Code Terminal)
- Models: Opus, Sonnet, Haiku
Cursor, Warp: standalone apps, wrapper AI tools for development, support many models.
Cursor Code, a command line version of Claude for programming.
Gemini only has web version, can be used in VS Code via the Gemini Code Assist extension.
Antigravity, Google's agentic AI development platform.
NotebookLM, Google's research AI tool.
Usual modes
- Agent
- Plan
- Ask
- Edit
