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GitHub Copilot CLI (BYOK) with SpendGuard

The full walkthrough — prerequisites, the exact env var, the verification step, and gotchas — lands in a follow-up slice. In the meantime, the env var to set is row 8 of the drop-in landing matrix:

Terminal window
export COPILOT_PROVIDER_BASE_URL=http://localhost:9000/v1

Source: GitHub Copilot CLI BYOK (GA 2026-04-07).