# How to Build GitHub Copilot Extensions

DevFeed: [How to Build GitHub Copilot Extensions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-build-github-copilot-extensions-5380.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/how-to-build-github-copilot-extensions>)

Author: Andrew Hamilton

Published: 2025-02-06T19:44:05Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/extension.md>), [GitHub Copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-copilot.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [HTTP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/http.md>), [servers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/servers.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>)

Tags: [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [env-file-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/env-file-security.md>), [extensions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extensions.md>), [github-copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-copilot.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to build GitHub Copilot extensions that connect a product or API platform to GitHub Copilot. It describes the webhook-based architecture: a web server subscribes to GitHub events, receives HTTP requests from Copilot, and processes them with custom logic in any programming language. The article also introduces setup requirements such as Python and Ngrok and outlines a completion endpoint and prompt construction.

## Source excerpt

As soon as GitHub Copilot burst onto the scene, everyone started asking, "How do we teach Copilot about our platform?" Whether you're building a managed Postgres service (like Neon) or a specialized set of APIs, it's no longer enough to rely on devs hunting through documentation....