# How does github copilot works?

Parth Thakkar, had created an interesting analysis on how github copilot works:

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* [Copilot Explorer](https://thakkarparth007.github.io/copilot-explorer) (2022)

  &#x20;In this project, I delved into the internals of Github Copilot. I [wrote](https://github.com/thakkarparth007/copilot-inspector) a tool to decompile Copilot's VSCode extension, and identified key insights regarding prompt construction logic, post processing of model's output and telemetry collection (*after sifting through over 400 obfuscated modules!*). I also built a [code browser](https://thakkarparth007.github.io/copilot-explorer/codeviz/templates/code-viz.html) to intuitively explore the codebase. I wrote a [blog post](https://thakkarparth007.github.io/copilot-explorer/posts/copilot-internals) about it that got a [little](https://twitter.com/karpathy/status/1608895189078380544) [bit](https://twitter.com/parth007_96/status/1604160949434421248) [popular](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34032872).

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This was brought to attention by Charles Frye, fantastic instructor at<https://github.com/thakkarparth007/copilot-explorer> FSDL

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