AI tool official desktop-app
Risk level
low
10/100

GitHub Copilot App ↗

GitHub Copilot App is an officially published AI tool from GitHub. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

Analysis summary

GitHub Copilot App is an officially published AI tool from GitHub. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

GitHub Copilot desktop app for agent sessions, automations and chats across repositories

Why this entry scored 10 out of 100

This profile starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50. Because the entry is officially published, trust adjusts the score by -40. The entry declares no high-risk capabilities on its own, so capabilities add nothing. It matches no dangerous capability combinations. The clamped result is 10, placing it in the low band.

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Findings

  • Published by the vendor Trust offset
    Contribution to score: -40

Configuration surface

Files this AI tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

  • github-copilot-app-preferences global binary
    App preferences on macOS, skills version marker on Windows (presence; account read from the Copilot user cache at snapshot assembly)
    • win32${APPDATA}\com.github.githubapp\app-skills\.app-skills-version
    • darwin${HOME}/Library/Preferences/com.github.githubapp.plist
  • github-copilot-app-skills global markdown-frontmatter
    Skills bundled with and added to the app
  • github-copilot-app-linux-package global binary
    Installed Linux package desktop entry (presence)
    • linux/usr/share/applications/GitHub Copilot.desktop