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title: "GH Copilot’s BYOK Blocking for Inline Completion Makes No Sense. [THE FIX] — Stuff That Spins"
description: "GitHub Copilot allows Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) for its Chat window, but it explicitly blocks those exact same custom models from being used for inline code auto-completion. The official justification from the VS Code team is a supposed \"lack of capable FIM (Fill-in-the-Middle) models.\" However, th…"
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# GH Copilot’s BYOK Blocking for Inline Completion Makes No Sense. [THE FIX]

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**Published:** July 5, 2026  
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