The GitHub Copilot budget allows us to make sure we get the necessary premium assistance with a predictable price.
AI agent usage is charged by the complexity of the request and response, so the charges are very unpredictable
The $10 GitHub Copilot Pro subscription includes the free tier usage, that is may not enough if we use premium features, like Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet (for rapid drafts), and Claude Opus (for polishing the final, most complex sections).
When you have reached the limits of the free tier, you can update the budget to responsibly request more help to finish the project. To update the GitHub Copilot Coding Agent budget
- Navigate to Budgets and alerts
- In the All Premium Request SKUs line click the ellipses and select Edit
- Enter the amount you are planning to spend on the AI Coding Agent and click the Update budget button
