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hal: GitHub Copilot SDK for R

Description

Native R interface to GitHub Copilot via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). Communicates with the Copilot CLI over NDJSON stdio, giving R users direct access to multiple models (GPT, Claude, Gemini) through GitHub's enterprise infrastructure – no API keys required.

Getting started

chat <- hal_chat()
chat$chat("What is R?")

Prerequisites

• A GitHub Copilot subscription (Individual, Business, or Enterprise)

• The GitHub CLI (gh) with the Copilot extension, or a standalone Copilot CLI binary

• Use hal_available() to check your setup

Author(s)

Maintainer: Mark Dippold [e-mail]

Authors:

• Mark Dippold [e-mail]

See Also

• hal_chat() to create a chat session

• hal_available() to check CLI availability

• hal_models() to list available models

hal documentation built on Oct. 6, 2026, 5:07 p.m.