# CodeQL

This open source repository contains the standard CodeQL libraries and queries that power [GitHub Advanced Security](https://github.com/features/security/code) and the other application security products that [GitHub](https://github.com/features/security/) makes available to its customers worldwide.

## How do I learn CodeQL and run queries?

There is [extensive documentation](https://codeql.github.com/docs/) on getting started with writing CodeQL.
You can use the [CodeQL for Visual Studio Code](https://codeql.github.com/docs/codeql-for-visual-studio-code/) extension or the [interactive query console](https://lgtm.com/help/lgtm/using-query-console) on LGTM.com (Semmle Legacy product) to try out your queries on any open source project that's currently being analyzed.

## Contributing

We welcome contributions to our standard library and standard checks. Do you have an idea for a new check, or how to improve an existing query? Then please go ahead and open a pull request! Before you do, though, please take the time to read our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md). You can also consult our [style guides](https://github.com/github/codeql/tree/main/docs) to learn how to format your code for consistency and clarity, how to write query metadata, and how to write query help documentation for your query.

## License

The code in this repository is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE) by [GitHub](https://github.com).

The CodeQL CLI (including the CodeQL engine) is hosted in a [different repository](https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries) and is [licensed separately](https://github.com/github/codeql-cli-binaries/blob/main/LICENSE.md). If you'd like to use the CodeQL CLI to analyze closed-source code, you will need a separate commercial license; please [contact us](https://github.com/enterprise/contact) for further help.

## Visual Studio Code integration

If you use Visual Studio Code to work in this repository, there are a few integration features to make development easier.

### CodeQL for Visual Studio Code

You can install the [CodeQL for Visual Studio Code](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.vscode-codeql) extension to get syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, and code navigation for the QL language, as well as unit test support for testing CodeQL libraries and queries.

### Tasks

The `.vscode/tasks.json` file defines custom tasks specific to working in this repository. To invoke one of these tasks, select the `Terminal | Run Task...` menu option, and then select the desired task from the dropdown. You can also invoke the `Tasks: Run Task` command from the command palette.