# git-ape

Agent system for GitHub Copilot that plans, validates, and deploys Azure infrastructure with ARM templates, cost checks, and security gates.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · GitHub Copilot · ★ 279
- Author: Microsoft
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Azure/git-ape
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/git-ape

## What it does

Git-Ape guides cloud deployments through a four-stage process inside GitHub Copilot. It collects requirements, generates ARM templates, produces architecture diagrams, estimates monthly spend, and audits security. Deployments never start automatically. You must approve every plan in chat or via a pull request.

Every execution log and generated template gets stored in `.azure/deployments/`. The plugin also handles repository onboarding by configuring OIDC and RBAC permissions, and checks for cloud drift using `/azure-drift-detector`.

Running this tool requires a Bash environment (`git-bash` on Windows), plus authenticated installations of `az`, `gh`, `jq`, and `git`. Do not point it at production environments yet: the authors mark the project as experimental for sandbox subscriptions and testing.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### GitHub Copilot (native platform)

**Command from the source**
```bash
copilot plugin install git-ape@awesome-copilot
```

## When to use it
- deploy Azure workloads through interactive Copilot chat
- generate ARM templates with pre-deployment security audits
- calculate estimated Azure spending before provisioning
- detect drift between live Azure resources and saved templates

## Example prompts
- @git-ape deploy a web app with SQL database
- @Git-Ape Onboarding set up this repo for Azure deployments
- @git-ape destroy Python function app

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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![Git-Ape APE logo](APE.png)

# Git-Ape 🐒

> [!WARNING]
> EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT: Git-Ape is in active development and is not production-ready.
> Use it for local development, demos, sandbox subscriptions, and learning only.

**📖 Documentation:** [azure.github.io/git-ape](https://azure.github.io/git-ape/)  •  **🛒 VS Code Marketplace:** [Git-ApeTeam.git-ape](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Git-ApeTeam.git-ape)

Git-Ape is a **platform engineering framework** built on GitHub Copilot. It is a multi-agent system that plans, validates, and deploys **any Azure workload** — with security gates, cost analysis, and CI/CD pipeline integration built in.

Nothing is deployed without your explicit confirmation.

## What Git-Ape Does

Git-Ape walks every deployment through the same four steps:

1. **Gather** requirements through a guided interview.
2. **Generate** an ARM template, architecture diagram, cost estimate, and security report.
3. **Confirm** with you (interactive) or via PR review (headless) before anything is created.
4. **Deploy** to Azure and run post-deployment validation.

It is built for:

- Any Azure resource deployable via Azure Resource Manager.
- Repository onboarding: OIDC, RBAC, GitHub environments, and secrets.
- Auditable deployments: every run is saved under `.azure/deployments/`.
- Drift detection between live Azure state and stored deployment artifacts via the `/azure-drift-detector` skill.

## Git-Ape in action

A short demo video of the onboarding and deploy experience using Git-Ape.

[![Watch the video](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Td6rv_RGArQ/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td6rv_RGArQ)


## Get Started

### Prerequisites

- A Bash-compatible shell (use `git-bash` on Windows). Other shells are untested.
- Azure CLI (`az`), GitHub CLI (`gh`), `jq`, and `git` installed and authenticated.
- Run `/prereq-check` in Copilot Chat to verify everything is in place.

### 1. Install the plugin

Git-Ape ships as a [VS Code agent plugin](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/customization/agent-plugins) and as a GitHub Copilot CLI plugin. Pick the path that matches how you use Copilot.

#### Option A: VS Code Marketplace (one-click)

The fastest way to install Git-Ape in VS Code. The published listing bundles all agents and skills as a VS Code extension.

[![Install from VS Code Marketplace](https://img.shields.io/visual-studio-marketplace/v/Git-ApeTeam.git-ape?label=VS%20Code%20Marketplace&logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white&color=007ACC)](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Git-ApeTeam.git-ape) [![Install in VS Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Install-VS_Code-007ACC?logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white)](https://azure.github.io/git-ape/install.html) [![Install in VS Code Insiders](https://img.shields.io/badge/Install-VS_Code_Insiders-24bfa5?logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white)](https://azure.github.io/git-ape/install-insiders.html)

1. Open the [Git-Ape listing on the VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Git-ApeTeam.git-ape) and click **Install**, or use one of the badges above to open VS Code directly.
2. Verify the agents and skills appear in Copilot Chat — type `@git-ape` or `/prereq-check`.

#### Option B: VS Code marketplaces setting (advanced)

Use this path if you want to pull the latest from GitHub on every update, or if you also want the [`ape-context`](https://github.com/suuus/ape-context) companion plugin from the same marketplace.

1. Add the marketplace in your VS Code `settings.json`:

   [![Open Settings in VS Code](https://img.shields.io/badge/Open_Settings-VS_Code-007ACC?logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white)](https://azure.github.io/git-ape/open-settings.html) [![Open Settings in VS Code Insiders](https://img.shields.io/badge/Open_Settings-VS_Code_Insiders-24bfa5?logo=visualstudiocode&logoColor=white)](https://azure.github.io/git-ape/open-settings-insiders.html)

   ```jsonc
   "chat.plugins.marketplaces": [
       "Azure/git-ape"
   ]
   ```
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