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Expand Up @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ The `gh aw` cli hardens this to a traditional GitHub Actions Workflow (.lock.yml

## AI Engines

gh-aw supports four AI engines. Switch between them by changing one line of frontmatter.
gh-aw supports five built-in AI engines. Switch between them by changing one line of frontmatter.

<FeatureGrid columns={4}>
<FeatureCard title="GitHub Copilot" href="/gh-aw/engines/copilot/">
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<FeatureCard title="Google Gemini" href="/gh-aw/engines/gemini/">
Google Gemini CLI. Set engine: gemini and add GEMINI_API_KEY.
</FeatureCard>
<FeatureCard title="Pi" href="/gh-aw/reference/engines/#available-coding-agents">
Experimental multi-provider agent. Set engine: pi and add COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN.
</FeatureCard>
</FeatureGrid>

### Configurable Engines

gh-aw's open engine model lets you plug in any coding agent CLI by importing a Markdown engine definition file. The following agents are available as sample integrations — import the definition maintained by the agent's publisher to use them in your workflows.

<FeatureGrid columns={3}>
<FeatureCard title="Copilot SDK" href="/gh-aw/reference/engines/#copilot-sdk-support">
Run Copilot in SDK mode for advanced multi-provider routing. Enable with copilot-sdk: true.
</FeatureCard>
<FeatureCard title="OpenCode" href="/gh-aw/guides/third-party-agent/">
Provider-agnostic BYOK agent supporting 75+ models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and more.
</FeatureCard>
<FeatureCard title="Cursor" href="/gh-aw/reference/engines/#shared-imported-engines">
Cursor's AI coding agent, importable as a shared engine definition.
</FeatureCard>
<FeatureCard title="Kiro" href="/gh-aw/reference/engines/#shared-imported-engines">
Amazon's Kiro agentic IDE, importable as a shared engine definition.
</FeatureCard>
<FeatureCard title="Aider" href="/gh-aw/reference/engines/#unsupported-engine-samples">
Open-source pair programming agent. Import the publisher-maintained definition.
</FeatureCard>
<FeatureCard title="Crush" href="/gh-aw/reference/engines/#unsupported-engine-samples">
Charmbracelet's terminal-first coding agent, importable as a shared engine definition.
</FeatureCard>
</FeatureGrid>

See [Configuring a third-party agent](/gh-aw/guides/third-party-agent/) and the [Engines reference](/gh-aw/reference/engines/#shared-imported-engines) for how to import and pin an engine definition.

## Common Use Cases

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