Kirin for GitHub Copilot

Real-time security monitoring for GitHub Copilot configurations and AI-generated code.

Features

Real-time Monitoring - Continuously monitors your Copilot settings and config files
AI Code Monitoring - Security monitoring for AI-generated code via chat participant
Security Scanning - Detects suspicious configurations and potential security vulnerabilities
Auto-blocking - Automatically quarantines suspicious configurations to protect your environment
Dashboard - View security status, scan results, and alerts in the Kirin web app

Getting Started

Install the Kirin extension from the VS Code marketplace
Sign up (or log in) to Kirin's website, go to Get Started → API Key Management to generate your API Key.
Run the command Kirin: Set API Key to configure your API key
The extension will automatically start monitoring your environment

Commands

Kirin: Welcome - Show the welcome screen
Kirin: Scan Now - Trigger a manual security scan
Kirin: Show Dashboard - Open the Kirin web dashboard (alerts page)
Kirin: Set API Key - Configure your API key
Kirin: Clear API Key - Remove your API key
Kirin: View Quarantine - View quarantined configurations

Configuration

Setting	Description	Default
`kirin.serverUrl`	Security scanning server URL	`https://api.getkirin.com/`

Chat Participant

This extension includes a chat participant @kirin that provides security monitoring for AI-generated code within GitHub Copilot Chat.

Limitations

What Kirin can detect and prevent in this extension is limited by the hook types that GitHub Copilot exposes in VS Code. Copilot's hook API supports session, prompt, and tool-use lifecycle events (e.g. UserPromptSubmit, PreToolUse, PostToolUse); it does not provide file-level hooks such as "before read file" or "before file edit." As a result, Kirin cannot intercept or block access to specific files (e.g. before sensitive content is read) in the Copilot extension. Detection and prevention are limited to the content and events available through the supported hooks (prompts, tool inputs/outputs, and related context). Other Kirin offerings (e.g. for Cursor) may support additional hook types and thus broader detection and prevention.

Support

For support, please contact support@knostic.ai

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