copilot-cli-pat-steps.md

1. Visit {% data variables.product.pat_v2_caps_plural %}.
2. Under Resource owner, select your personal account. Do not select an organization. The {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} Requests permission is only available on user-owned {% data variables.product.pat_v2_plural %}.
3. Under Repository access, select the level of access appropriate for your use case:
   • Public repositories if you only need to work with public repos.
   • All repositories if you need access across all your current and future repos.
   • Only select repositories if you want to restrict access to specific repos.
4. Under Permissions, select the Account tab.
5. Click Add permissions and select {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot_short %} Requests.
6. Click Generate token.
7. Export the token in your terminal or environment configuration. Use the COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN, GH_TOKEN, or GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable (in order of precedence).