Git-Ape
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EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT: Git-Ape is in active development and is not production-ready. Use it for local development, demos, sandbox subscriptions, and learning only.
Git-Ape is a platform engineering framework built on GitHub Copilot. It provides a structured, multi-agent system for planning, validating, and deploying Azure infrastructure — with security gates, cost analysis, and CI/CD pipeline integration built in.
What It Does
- Gather deployment requirements through guided conversations
- Generate ARM templates and supporting deployment artifacts
- Run security, preflight, and cost checks before deployment
- Deploy and validate with post-deployment health checks
- Manage lifecycle with drift detection and teardown workflows
Deployment Flow
Execution Modes
Git-Ape works in two modes:
- Interactive (VS Code) — Talk to
@git-apein Copilot Chat, authenticate viaaz login, approve each step in real time. - Headless (Coding Agent) — Copilot Coding Agent picks up a GitHub Issue, generates templates on a branch, opens a PR, and CI/CD workflows handle the rest.
Quick Start
# Install the plugin
copilot plugin marketplace add Azure/git-ape-private
copilot plugin install Azure/git-ape-private
# Check prerequisites
# In Copilot Chat: /prereq-check
# Deploy something
# In Copilot Chat: @git-ape deploy a Python function app
Next Steps
Who Is This For?
- Executives & CxOs — governance, cost visibility, compliance
- Engineering Leads — self-service, architecture standards
- DevOps Engineers — CI/CD pipelines, OIDC, drift detection
- Platform Engineers — guardrails, naming, policy
- Individual Engineers — quick start, skill cheatsheet