Founder of a listed tool

Scott Chacon

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

Co-founder, GitHub

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What Scott 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

Works with

Chris Wanstrath Co-founder, GitHub
P. J. Hyett Co-founder, GitHub
Tom Preston-Werner Co-founder, GitHub

Questions

Who is Scott Chacon?

Scott Chacon is co-founder of GitHub.

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 Scott'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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