What is Copilot?

Explained

A copilot is an AI assistant embedded in an application or workflow—e.g., GitHub Copilot for code, Microsoft Copilot for Office. It augments human work with suggestions, automation, and natural language interaction.

Decision guides that use this term

• Microsoft Copilot vs custom AI agents: when is the suite assistant enough, and when do you need your own agents?

Further reading

• Enterprise AI Agents: Beyond Copilots to Your Next Digital Workforce

Related terms

• Automation Executing tasks without human intervention, often with AI for complex decisions.
• Workflow Sequence of automated steps; Synapse orchestrates workflows with AI.
• Digital Human 3D avatar with conversational AI that represents a brand or service.
• Digital Twin Live virtual model of a physical asset or process fed by real-time data.
• Knowledge Base Structured repository of information; base of RAG systems and assistants.
• MCP Open standard for connecting models to tools, data, and enterprise systems.