Founder of a listed tool

P. J. Hyett

Co-founder, GitHub, named behind the GitHub Copilot CLI listing on Anchor Terminal.

Co-founder, GitHub

P. J. Hyett co-founded GitHub in 2008 with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath. He was earlier a senior software engineer at CNET Networks and a partner at Error Free, and in 2022 he founded AO Racing, a team in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

What P. builds

  • GitHub Copilot CLI C · Agent harnesses

    GitHub's coding agent for the terminal, built on the same agent harness as Copilot cloud agent (formerly Copilot coding agent), which works in GitHub Actions and opens pull requests.

    Co-founder, GitHub, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it

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Who is P. J. Hyett?

P. J. Hyett co-founded GitHub in 2008 with Tom Preston-Werner and Chris Wanstrath. He was earlier a senior software engineer at CNET Networks and a partner at Error Free, and in 2022 he founded AO Racing, a team in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

What does GitHub (Microsoft) make?

Anchor Terminal lists GitHub Copilot CLI from GitHub (Microsoft). GitHub's coding agent for the terminal, built on the same agent harness as Copilot cloud agent (formerly Copilot coding agent), which works in GitHub Actions and opens pull requests.

How are P.'s tools graded?

GitHub Copilot CLI is graded C, 58.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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