diff --git a/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e3df94c..01a63393 100644
--- a/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/ai/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed GitHub Copilot model availability to ignore generic `GH_TOKEN` and `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variables, requiring OAuth login or `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` instead ([#4485](https://github.com/earendil-works/pi/issues/4485)).
 - Fixed Bedrock proxy handling to preserve `NO_PROXY` exclusions while using HTTP(S)-only proxy agents.
 - Fixed GitHub Copilot Claude test coverage to use the current Claude Sonnet 4.6 model ID.
 - Fixed OpenAI Responses requests for models that support disabling reasoning to send `reasoning.effort: "none"` when thinking is off.
diff --git a/packages/ai/README.md b/packages/ai/README.md
index e88de28e..1790a64c 100644
--- a/packages/ai/README.md
+++ b/packages/ai/README.md
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ In Node.js environments, you can set environment variables to avoid passing API
 | Xiaomi MiMo Token Plan (China) | `XIAOMI_TOKEN_PLAN_CN_API_KEY` |
 | Xiaomi MiMo Token Plan (Amsterdam) | `XIAOMI_TOKEN_PLAN_AMS_API_KEY` |
 | Xiaomi MiMo Token Plan (Singapore) | `XIAOMI_TOKEN_PLAN_SGP_API_KEY` |
-| GitHub Copilot | `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` or `GH_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_TOKEN` |
+| GitHub Copilot | `COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN` |
 
 When set, the library automatically uses these keys:
 
diff --git a/packages/ai/src/env-api-keys.ts b/packages/ai/src/env-api-keys.ts
index 846623aa..6ed76d41 100644
--- a/packages/ai/src/env-api-keys.ts
+++ b/packages/ai/src/env-api-keys.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function hasVertexAdcCredentials(): boolean {
 
 function getApiKeyEnvVars(provider: string): readonly string[] | undefined {
 	if (provider === "github-copilot") {
-		return ["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN", "GH_TOKEN", "GITHUB_TOKEN"];
+		return ["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN"];
 	}
 
 	// ANTHROPIC_OAUTH_TOKEN takes precedence over ANTHROPIC_API_KEY
diff --git a/packages/ai/test/env-api-keys.test.ts b/packages/ai/test/env-api-keys.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6889743d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ai/test/env-api-keys.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { findEnvKeys, getEnvApiKey } from "../src/env-api-keys.js";
+
+const originalCopilotGitHubToken = process.env.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN;
+const originalGhToken = process.env.GH_TOKEN;
+const originalGitHubToken = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+
+afterEach(() => {
+	if (originalCopilotGitHubToken === undefined) {
+		delete process.env.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN;
+	} else {
+		process.env.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN = originalCopilotGitHubToken;
+	}
+
+	if (originalGhToken === undefined) {
+		delete process.env.GH_TOKEN;
+	} else {
+		process.env.GH_TOKEN = originalGhToken;
+	}
+
+	if (originalGitHubToken === undefined) {
+		delete process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN;
+	} else {
+		process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = originalGitHubToken;
+	}
+});
+
+describe("environment API keys", () => {
+	it("does not treat generic GitHub tokens as GitHub Copilot credentials", () => {
+		delete process.env.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN;
+		process.env.GH_TOKEN = "gh-token";
+		process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = "github-token";
+
+		expect(findEnvKeys("github-copilot")).toBeUndefined();
+		expect(getEnvApiKey("github-copilot")).toBeUndefined();
+	});
+
+	it("resolves GitHub Copilot credentials from COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN", () => {
+		process.env.COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN = "copilot-token";
+		process.env.GH_TOKEN = "gh-token";
+		process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN = "github-token";
+
+		expect(findEnvKeys("github-copilot")).toEqual(["COPILOT_GITHUB_TOKEN"]);
+		expect(getEnvApiKey("github-copilot")).toBe("copilot-token");
+	});
+});