Activate Copilot with GitHub Student Developer Pack

[TimWeichsel]

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How can I activate the Copilot feature with the GitHub Student Developer Pack. I am already accepted as a student but the benefit website is not helpful at all on how to activate copilot with the student account (https://education.github.com/pack). Thank you for your help!

[codekalinga]

Hey @TimWeichsel, the student pack page is actually super confusing for this! To activate it, you don't do it from the benefits page. Just go straight to your normal GitHub Account Settings and click on the 'Copilot' tab on the left sidebar. Since your student status is already approved, it will just let you click 'Get Access' for free right there without asking for a credit card. Once you've claimed it on your account, just open up VS Code, install the GitHub Copilot extension, and it will prompt you to sign into your GitHub account to link them up. Hope that helps!