# P. J. Hyett (slim)

> P. J. Hyett is co-founder of GitHub. GitHub Copilot CLI on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, GitHub.

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## What P. builds

- [GitHub Copilot CLI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/github-copilot-cli.md), graded C, 58.3/100, in 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 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Chris Wanstrath](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-wanstrath/), Co-founder, GitHub
- [Scott Chacon](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-chacon/), Co-founder, GitHub
- [Tom Preston-Werner](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-preston-werner/), Co-founder, GitHub

## Questions

### Who is P. J. Hyett?

P.

### What does GitHub (Microsoft) make?

Anchor Terminal lists GitHub Copilot CLI from GitHub (Microsoft).

### 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.

## Sources

- https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli
- https://github.blog/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Preston-Werner
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wanstrath
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._Hyett

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.