diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 38ba75f343..b22d1710eb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5952,6 +5952,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "sqlez",
+ "staff_mode",
  "theme",
  "toml",
  "tree-sitter",
diff --git a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
index e0215af622..93ab355338 100644
--- a/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
+++ b/crates/copilot/src/copilot.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use node_runtime::NodeRuntime;
 use request::{LogMessage, StatusNotification};
 use settings::Settings;
 use smol::{fs, io::BufReader, stream::StreamExt};
-use staff_mode::staff_mode;
+use staff_mode::{not_staff_mode, staff_mode};
 
 use std::{
     ffi::OsString,
@@ -37,8 +37,13 @@ const COPILOT_NAMESPACE: &'static str = "copilot";
 actions!(copilot, [NextSuggestion, PreviousSuggestion, Reinstall]);
 
 pub fn init(client: Arc<Client>, node_runtime: Arc<NodeRuntime>, cx: &mut MutableAppContext) {
-    staff_mode(cx, {
+    staff_mode::<staff_mode::Copilot, _>(cx, {
         move |cx| {
+            cx.update_global::<collections::CommandPaletteFilter, _, _>(|filter, _cx| {
+                filter.filtered_namespaces.remove(COPILOT_NAMESPACE);
+                filter.filtered_namespaces.remove(COPILOT_AUTH_NAMESPACE);
+            });
+
             let copilot = cx.add_model({
                 let node_runtime = node_runtime.clone();
                 let http = client.http_client().clone();
@@ -51,6 +56,12 @@ pub fn init(client: Arc<Client>, node_runtime: Arc<NodeRuntime>, cx: &mut Mutabl
             sign_in::init(cx);
         }
     });
+    not_staff_mode::<staff_mode::Copilot, _>(cx, |cx| {
+        cx.update_global::<collections::CommandPaletteFilter, _, _>(|filter, _cx| {
+            filter.filtered_namespaces.insert(COPILOT_NAMESPACE);
+            filter.filtered_namespaces.insert(COPILOT_AUTH_NAMESPACE);
+        });
+    });
 
     cx.add_global_action(|_: &SignIn, cx| {
         if let Some(copilot) = Copilot::global(cx) {
diff --git a/crates/settings/Cargo.toml b/crates/settings/Cargo.toml
index 5972808396..fbb3ad63f3 100644
--- a/crates/settings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/settings/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ fs = { path = "../fs" }
 anyhow = "1.0.38"
 futures = "0.3"
 theme = { path = "../theme" }
+staff_mode = { path = "../staff_mode" }
 util = { path = "../util" }
 json_comments = "0.2"
 postage = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/settings/src/settings.rs b/crates/settings/src/settings.rs
index 0988b2d6d9..feb4017018 100644
--- a/crates/settings/src/settings.rs
+++ b/crates/settings/src/settings.rs
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ pub struct EditorSettings {
     pub ensure_final_newline_on_save: Option<bool>,
     pub formatter: Option<Formatter>,
     pub enable_language_server: Option<bool>,
+    #[schemars(skip)]
     pub copilot: Option<OnOff>,
 }
 
@@ -436,6 +437,7 @@ pub struct SettingsFileContent {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub base_keymap: Option<BaseKeymap>,
     #[serde(default)]
+    #[schemars(skip)]
     pub enable_copilot_integration: Option<bool>,
 }
 
@@ -779,6 +781,7 @@ pub fn settings_file_json_schema(
         settings.option_add_null_type = false;
     });
     let generator = SchemaGenerator::new(settings);
+
     let mut root_schema = generator.into_root_schema_for::<SettingsFileContent>();
 
     // Create a schema for a theme name.
@@ -791,6 +794,7 @@ pub fn settings_file_json_schema(
     // Create a schema for a 'languages overrides' object, associating editor
     // settings with specific langauges.
     assert!(root_schema.definitions.contains_key("EditorSettings"));
+
     let languages_object_schema = SchemaObject {
         instance_type: Some(SingleOrVec::Single(Box::new(InstanceType::Object))),
         object: Some(Box::new(ObjectValidation {
diff --git a/crates/staff_mode/src/staff_mode.rs b/crates/staff_mode/src/staff_mode.rs
index 30f061466f..bf5c0e9caf 100644
--- a/crates/staff_mode/src/staff_mode.rs
+++ b/crates/staff_mode/src/staff_mode.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ impl std::ops::Deref for StaffMode {
     }
 }
 
-/// Despite what the type system requires me to tell you, the init function will only ever be called once
-pub fn staff_mode<F: FnMut(&mut MutableAppContext) + 'static>(
+/// Despite what the type system requires me to tell you, the init function will only be called a once
+/// as soon as we know that the staff mode is enabled.
+pub fn staff_mode<S: StaffModeConfiguration, F: FnMut(&mut MutableAppContext) + 'static>(
     cx: &mut MutableAppContext,
     mut init: F,
 ) {
-    if **cx.default_global::<StaffMode>() {
+    if !S::staff_only() || **cx.default_global::<StaffMode>() {
         init(cx)
     } else {
         let mut once = Some(());
@@ -28,3 +29,23 @@ pub fn staff_mode<F: FnMut(&mut MutableAppContext) + 'static>(
         .detach();
     }
 }
+
+/// Immediately checks and runs the init function if the staff mode is not enabled.
+pub fn not_staff_mode<S: StaffModeConfiguration, F: FnOnce(&mut MutableAppContext) + 'static>(
+    cx: &mut MutableAppContext,
+    init: F,
+) {
+    if !S::staff_only() || !**cx.default_global::<StaffMode>() {
+        init(cx)
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait StaffModeConfiguration {
+    fn staff_only() -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+pub enum Copilot {}
+
+impl StaffModeConfiguration for Copilot {}