Remove copilot-sdk agent engine by Copilot · Pull Request #16519 · github/gh-aw

Copilot · 2026-02-18T05:10:06Z

Remove copilot-sdk agent engine

Summary

Successfully removed the copilot-sdk agent engine from the codebase with no legacy or backward compatibility support. Merged main branch to incorporate latest changes.

Changes Made

Merge Details

Merged main branch which included:

PR Validate numeric context variables in activation to prevent injection attacks #16515: Validate numeric context variables in activation to prevent injection attacks
PR Add spacing after title prefixes ending with ] or - #16517: Add spacing after title prefixes ending with ] or -

Conflict resolution:

Kept deletion of smoke-copilot-sdk.lock.yml (consistent with copilot-sdk removal)
All other workflow lock files auto-merged successfully

Impact

Removed ~10,687 lines of code (copilot-client TypeScript implementation, engine files, tests, workflows)
Engine count reduced from 5 to 4: copilot, claude, codex, custom
All tests passing
Build successful
No backward compatibility maintained (as requested)

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Remove copilot-sdk agent engine (no legacy or backward compatibility support)

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Pull request overview

This pull request removes the experimental copilot-sdk engine from the gh-aw codebase, eliminating approximately 10,000 lines of TypeScript code and associated infrastructure. The removal is intentionally breaking with no backward compatibility maintained.

Changes:

Removed copilot-sdk engine implementation (Go code and tests)
Removed copilot-client TypeScript implementation (~10k lines)
Updated constants, schemas, CLI tools, and documentation to reflect 4-engine model (claude, codex, copilot, custom)
Removed copilot-sdk-specific workflows and updated dev.md to use copilot engine
Reassigned port 10002 from CopilotSDKLLMGatewayPort to CopilotLLMGatewayPort

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
pkg/workflow/copilot_sdk_engine.go	Removed copilot-sdk engine implementation (258 lines)
pkg/workflow/copilot_sdk_engine_test.go	Removed copilot-sdk engine tests (179 lines)
pkg/workflow/agentic_engine.go	Unregistered copilot-sdk from engine registry
pkg/constants/constants.go	Removed CopilotSDKEngine constant, CopilotSDKLLMGatewayPort (port 10002 reassigned to Copilot)
pkg/constants/constants_test.go	Updated expected engines list (4 instead of 5)
pkg/parser/schemas/main_workflow_schema.json	Updated enum to exclude copilot-sdk
pkg/cli/engine_secrets.go	Updated secret validation for copilot only
pkg/cli/engine_secrets_test.go	Removed copilot-sdk test cases
pkg/cli/completions_test.go	Updated completion tests for 4 engines
cmd/gh-aw/main_entry_test.go	Updated validation tests and error messages
pkg/workflow/strict_mode_llm_gateway_test.go	Removed copilot-sdk test case
pkg/workflow/imported_steps_validation_test.go	Updated validation tests
copilot-client/*	Removed entire TypeScript client directory (~10k lines)
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-sdk.md	Removed smoke test workflow for copilot-sdk
.github/workflows/smoke-copilot-sdk.lock.yml	Removed compiled smoke test workflow (1536 lines)
.github/workflows/copilot-sdk-ci.yml	Removed CI workflow for copilot-client (145 lines)
.github/workflows/dev.md	Changed engine from copilot-sdk to copilot
.github/workflows/dev.lock.yml	Updated compiled workflow with copilot engine
DEVGUIDE.md	Removed Copilot SDK Client section (105 lines)
scratchpad/*.md	Updated documentation to reflect 4-engine architecture
.github/agents/custom-engine-implementation.agent.md	Removed copilot-sdk from example

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pelikhan · 2026-02-18T05:31:29Z

@copilot merge main and fix build

…t-sdk-agent-engine # Conflicts: # .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-sdk.lock.yml

Copilot · 2026-02-18T05:35:22Z

@copilot merge main and fix build

Merged main branch and verified build is successful (commit bdec7cd).

Changes:

Merged 2 commits from main (PR Validate numeric context variables in activation to prevent injection attacks #16515 and Add spacing after title prefixes ending with ] or - #16517)
Resolved merge conflict: kept deletion of smoke-copilot-sdk.lock.yml
All workflow lock files updated with latest validation steps
Build passing ✓
Tests passing ✓

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pelikhan · 2026-02-18T05:41:36Z

@copilot remove copilot-cli build from makefile

https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/22128020721/job/63962335833#step:10:1

Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2026-02-18T05:46:19Z

@copilot remove copilot-cli build from makefile

https://github.com/github/gh-aw/actions/runs/22128020721/job/63962335833#step:10:1

Removed copilot-client build targets from Makefile (commit c9c34c4).

Removed:

deps-copilot-client target
copilot-client build target
test-copilot-client target
Dependency on copilot-client in recompile target
Updated test-all to exclude copilot-client tests
Removed references from DEVGUIDE.md

Build verified successfully ✓

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Copilot AI assigned Copilot and pelikhan Feb 18, 2026

Copilot started work on behalf of pelikhan February 18, 2026 05:10 View session

Copilot AI and others added 3 commits February 18, 2026 05:19

Remove copilot-sdk engine implementation and references

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Co-authored-by: pelikhan <4175913+pelikhan@users.noreply.github.com>

Clean up documentation references to copilot-sdk

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Fix remaining test reference to copilot-sdk engine

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Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Remove copilot-sdk agent engine without legacy support~~ Remove copilot-sdk agent engine Feb 18, 2026

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Validate numeric context variables in activation to prevent injection attacks #16515

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Smoke Test: Claude - 22127763102 #16529

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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into copilot/remove-copilo…

bdec7cd

…t-sdk-agent-engine # Conflicts: # .github/workflows/smoke-copilot-sdk.lock.yml

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Remove copilot-client build targets from Makefile and docs

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Copilot finished work on behalf of pelikhan February 18, 2026 05:46

Fix engine registry tests after copilot-sdk removal (#16531)

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pelikhan merged commit 293bb1b into main Feb 18, 2026
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[instructions] Sync github-agentic-workflows.md with v0.46.1 #16675

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