Commercial software intelligenceEvidence checked · 8 September 2026
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SK-2026-137 · Licensing models & usage

Copilot CLI Auto routes models by task with an eligible paid-plan discount

Copilot CLI Auto selects models using task, availability, reliability and policy signals; eligible paid subscribers consume 10% fewer AI credits than directly selecting the same model.

Task-aware routing available

Commercial transition

Previous stateCopilot CLI Auto did not use the newly published task-aware routing and paid-subscriber credit treatment.
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New stateAuto weighs task characteristics, live model health and administrator policy, while eligible paid subscribers receive the stated 10% credit reduction.

Who is affected

Copilot CLI users and administrators choosing between automatic and manual model selection.

Action required

Confirm plan cohort and policies, update the CLI, monitor the selected model's rate and retain manual selection where predictability is required.

Evidence boundary

Billing follows the model Auto selects. The 10% treatment is limited to eligible paid subscribers; legacy annual Pro and Pro+ plans retain premium-request treatment until expiry.

Timeline

  1. Routing and credit treatment published

    GitHub documented task-aware selection and the eligible paid-subscriber reduction.

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