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The SDK wraps the Copilot CLI via JSON-RPC and supports TypeScript, Python, Go, C#, Rust, and Java, with bring-your-own-key support for Anthropic, OpenAI, and local models. Key concepts include defining custom tools as annotated functions, streaming responses via session events, session forking for branching conversations, and the reliability advantage of using deterministic code around AI rather than chaining prompts. Live demos show a minimal 10-minute setup, a Telegram bot with GitHub and notes tools, a recipe scraper, and a mind-mapping app. Production considerations include sandboxing, authentication strategies, CLI deployment options, and OpenTelemetry logging. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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