GitHub Copilot Developer Survey
Measuring Copilot impact
We recommend first focusing on developers’ adoption and engagement with Copilot. Then, harness
developers’ improved productivity to pursue the engineering system improvements that matter most to your organization.
GitHub Copilot impact surveys are an 
important tool to support developer adoption 
and engagement with Copilot. For more
information on when and how to use thesesurveys, refer to our Learning Pathway guide on ‘Measuring the impact of GitHub Copilot’.

When surveying your teams, set a specificcadence, but stay aware of survey fatigue. We
recommend not running the long-form survey
more than once every four weeks. It would bepossible to run the short-form survey at a twoweek cadence but this should only be done if 
you expect changes in results across the survey
period. The short-form survey is particularly
useful if you will be using other channels (e.g. online or in-person discussions) to gather
feedback from your developers. There can bestrong value in using the long-form survey at the end of the evaluation and adoption stages.

Consider adding a version of the following
questions, customized to your organization’s
needs, into your existing survey tool. Ensure 
that you meet privacy obligations and thatresponses cannot be attributed to an individual.
You may choose to collate survey responses 
into existing BI or reporting tools for ease 
of analysis and review over time for trends.
Alternatively, you could use a spreadsheet to 
track measures over time.

GitHub Copilot Developer Survey
Short-format survey example
How would you feel if you could no longer use GitHub Copilot?
Very disappointed

Not disappointed

Somewhat disappointed

N/A - I no longer use Copilot

Please explain your answer:

When using GitHub Copilot, I…
Strongly Disagree

Disagree

NeutralAgree

Strongly Agree

Enjoy coding more
Write better quality code
Commit code suggested by Copilot
Complete tasks faster
Learn from the suggestions Copilot shows me
Spend less time searching for information or examples
Spend less mental effort on repetitive tasks

What challenges have you encountered in using GitHub Copilot since your last survey?
I never received a license
I had installation/setup issues with the extension
I don’t know how to prompt Copilot for better suggestions

GitHub Copilot suggestions are distracting

GitHub Copilot suggestions are low-quality
GitHub Copilot suggestions take more effort to understandthan they are worth

I haven’t encountered any challenges

Other (Please specify):

In using GitHub Copilot in the last week…
I saved time (specify estimated time saving in mins):

I wasted time (specify estimated time wasted in mins):
I did not use Copilot in the past week

How did you estimate time savings/wasted?:

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Long-format survey example
How would you feel if you could no longer use GitHub Copilot?
Very disappointed

Not disappointed

Somewhat disappointed

N/A - I no longer use Copilot

Please explain your answer:

In using GitHub Copilot in the last week…
I saved time (specify estimated time saving in mins):
I wasted time (specify estimated time wasted in mins):
I did not use Copilot in the past week
How did you estimate time savings/wasted?:

I use GitHub Copilot to…
Code in a familiar language

Review other people’s code

Explore a new language, framework, or API

Refactor existing code

Write repetitive code (e.g. boilerplate)

Explain code that I haven’t seen before

Write tests

Other (Please specify):

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When using GitHub Copilot, I…
Strongly Disagree

Disagree

NeutralAgree

Strongly Agree

NeutralAgree

Strongly Agree

Enjoy coding more
Write better quality code
Complete tasks faster
Learn from the suggestions Copilot shows me
Spend less time searching for information or examples
Spend less mental effort on repetitive tasks
Stay “in the flow” more easily

When using GitHub Copilot, my team…
Skip this question if you are the only person on your team using Copilot.
Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Provides better code reviews
Merges code to production faster

Which of the following GitHub Copilot enablement materials have you received?
Introduction email

Office hours

Reminder email

None of the above

Dedicated training

Other (Please specify):

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What challenges have you encountered in using GitHub Copilot since your last survey?
I never received a license
I had installation/setup issues with the extension
I don’t know how to prompt Copilot for better suggestions
GitHub Copilot suggestions are distracting

GitHub Copilot suggestions take more effort to understandthan they are worth
I haven’t encountered any challenges
Other (Please specify)

GitHub Copilot suggestions are low-quality

What’s your job title1?
SWE I

Staff

SWE IIManager...

May we2 contact you for follow-up? If so, leave your email address.

1 Tailor this list to align with roles/levels in your organization. 
Smaller organizations consider removing this question to avoid
identifying an individual through their answer to this question.

2 This question is for the organization (not GitHub) to ask whether
they can contact the respondent for more information.