AI Coding Assistant

GitHub Copilot is shifting from a subscription model to AI Credits usage-based billing starting June 2026. 1 Credit equals $0.01. Code completions remain free, but Chat, Agent Mode, and Code Review all charge by token consumption. Monthly fees stay the same, but usage predictability decreases. This article organizes plan quotas and important notes.

Claude Code is Anthropic’s terminal AI coding assistant that can read your entire codebase, edit files, and run shell commands. This tutorial walks you through installation and practical usage, so you can understand how to use this AI tool step by step. Once you learn to issue commands, you can direct Claude Code with natural language to refactor code, fix bugs, build tests, and more development tasks, dramatically boosting your efficiency.