Interactive tool
Which agent fits your work?
- CopilotYou are the one typing, and you want a suggestion or an explanation of the file already on screen.
- Claude CodeYou want to delegate a whole outcome and review the diff when the agent pauses or finishes.
- BothCopilot on the manual stretch. Claude on the task that can move alone. doki only enters the second one.
| GitHub Copilot | Claude Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | Editor (VS Code and others) | Terminal |
| Who holds the keyboard | You, most of the time | The agent, until it asks |
| History | The IDE chat | ~/.claude/projects |
| Several tasks in parallel | Awkward. Each one is a chat | Several sessions. You need a list |
| Steered by doki | No | Yes |
| Bill | GitHub | Anthropic |
Copilot while you are typing
Inline completion and the chat beside the file shorten the moment when you already know which line you want. You accept, correct, and continue. There is no autonomous session waiting in another window: the work moves because you move.
That is why doki does not try to “improve Copilot” by putting it in an Inbox. There is no hidden wait to recover. The comparison with doki, if that was the search, is in GitHub Copilot vs doki.
Claude Code when you delegate the outcome
You describe the end, not the next keystroke. Claude reads, edits, runs commands, and only then asks. That question is easy to miss if the terminal is not visible. doki’s hooks and background resume exist for that gap.
If you are also comparing Claude with the Cursor editor, the criterion is different and lives in Claude Code vs Cursor. Copilot does not take that seat: it is neither the full IDE nor the terminal agent.
A concrete split in the same repo
Let Claude open a branch — a worktree is better — for a task you can check with tests. You stay on the main branch, with Copilot, on what you do not want to delegate. When Claude asks, you answer from the Inbox without leaving the editor.
Guard applies to what Claude wants to run, not to an inline suggestion. They are permissions on different layers.
The mistake when choosing
Asking Copilot to “own the whole repo while I eat” uses it outside its pace. Asking Claude to complete the word you are about to type does the same in reverse. Each is cheap in its own place and expensive in the other’s, in round trips.
doki does not change that criterion. It only makes it practical to have Claude running while Copilot stays on the file you have open.
Frequently asked questions
Does Claude Code replace Copilot?
It replaces the autonomous kind of task, not autocomplete while you type. Plenty of people keep both.
Does doki work with Copilot?
It does not steer Copilot chat. It steers Claude Code and other terminal and API agents.
Can I use Claude inside VS Code and forget the terminal?
You can have editor integrations, but the session doki follows is Claude Code’s: transcripts, hooks, and the terminal. Copilot remains GitHub’s chat.
Which do I keep if I can only pay for one?
If you type by hand all day, Copilot. If you delegate whole tasks to an agent, Claude Code. doki is a third product, useful once that agent is already running and stuck waiting.
