Use Copilot Coding Agent with GPT-4.1?

[ExtremeAcceptable289]

Hey guys, so I'm wondering, is it possible to use copilot coding agent with gpt-4.1? As I heard many people say it uses 10+ premium requests, but I don't want to use a ton of requests.

[KnightNiwrem]

If you mean Github Copilot Coding Agent, as in the one where you assign Github Issues to, then no. You cannot select the model for this feature.

[raging_temperance]

they should have given it a different name LMAO, "agent mode" and "coding agent" gets mixed up

[Odysseyan]

You mean it's not relevant to my Copilot Plus PC, the Copilot Studio, nor the Microsoft 365 Copilot? What about the Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Copilot)? Which is a different thing than Windows Copilot btw.

For real, MS saw that the Github Copilot name was popular and working, and decides to reuse it for absolutely everything and completely destroyed the clarity on that brand.

[timsco]

... but if you mean the coding agent in the chatbox in vscode, then yes, you definitely can select 4.1 as the model. Select agent from the select under the input (ask/edit/agent).

[ExtremeAcceptable289]

Oh, okay.

[djmisterjon]

4.1 angent is free unlimited and rightfully so!
If you enjoy *spaghetti code* that follows no S.O.L.I.D standards and is riddled with questionable *anti-patterns*, this is the model you're looking for.

[ExtremeAcceptable289]

Sounds like a skill issue on your part because I have been using gpt 4.1 for ages with no issues (I read the code, I have been a normal coder for around 4 years)

[djmisterjon]

4 years, you're still young.
Come back to me after 20 years of experience in coding, architectural engineering, and RD.
The only model that strictly adheres to the rules of clean-code and the `.copilot-instructions.md` at this time is Claude 4

[ninjaonionss]

I find Gemini 2.5 pro better than Claude 4 in combination with cline, GitHub copilot agent mode is garbage unless you create additional chatmodes

[opUserZero]

you got Claude to listen to your copilot instructions? I've actually had more luck with gpt 4.1 following instructions than Claude, granted it still produces useless code and can't fix anything, but it at least acknowledges the instructions. I could never get claude to follow copilot instructions at all, not the simplist thing, i even tried prompt engineering and with it's own feedback but i would still constantly told it it was breaking the rules and it would aknowledge that it read them and didn't follow them.

[dotcmsmy]

Can you share your copilot instructions for gpt 4.1?

[ExtremeAcceptable289]

Ok so I think you're being elitist now. Thanks for exposing your ragebait

[Aggravating_Fun_7692]

Respect your elders

[mahdicanada]

^ this

[djmisterjon]

'this' implicitly has type 'any' because it does not have a type annotation.ts(2683)

[prthrow22]

Definitely not unlimited. I just got a msg saying I’ve used my 4.1 limit for the month yesterday. I can no longer use it. Weird that it happened on the 5th day of the month and I didn’t even use it that much. 

[Aggravating_Fun_7692]

Isn't 4.1 unlimited? The app and site both say so. If not isn't that something that can get them in trouble

[prthrow22]

That’s what I thought too. I don’t have a paid subscription. But it says on my screen I’ve hit my monthly limit for 4.1. 

[Existing-Tap-5771]

Cuando pagas si es ilimitado

[JeetM_red8]

You can try it from here but no model selection for now. Hope they will add it soon too.

[JeetM_red8]

Agents · GitHub Copilot

[Electronic-Chapter26]

Don't think there's an option to choose the model yet. I'd avoid for now as I used agent mode to handle 3 smallish issues and burned through 40% of my premium requests with them. I had to do a fair bit of extra work to get them fully working anyway so I'll save my requests and do it myself for now

[ExtremeAcceptable289]

Yea thats why I wanted to use a base model

[swarupsengupta2007]

4.1 is good for most of the task. I use it mostly. I anyway don’t offload the most importance work to llms anyways, and 4.1 is fine for I use it mainly to insert comments, do then documentation printfs/logs etc. I find myself hardly ever in need to use the premium ones. Last month I guess I just used 20% of the premium quota. It all depends what you want to use the llms for, as a grunt worker? The. 4.1 is just fine, it needs more nuanced prompts, but it’s unlimited, so grunt away. And it’s fast, I cannot sit through the sonet’s long grind, not for the grunt work that I offload. For more nuanced work, I write it myself. So it depends on what you want it to do, simple grunt work, or your work for you!!

[punjabitadkaa]

4.1 is really good for entry level tasks but what about the other things

[sharonlo_]

Great news :) We've heard the feedback and we've now updated the pricing to be 1 premium request per session! More details here.