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About {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} query suites

With {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}, you can select a specific group of {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} queries, called a {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} query suite, to run against your code. The following built-in query suites are available through {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}:

• default query suite.
• security-extended query suite. This suite is referred to as the "Extended" query suite on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.

Currently, both the default query suite and the security-extended query suite are available for default setup for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}. Additionally, organization owners and security managers can recommend a query suite for use with default setup throughout their organization. For more information on configuring default setup for individual repositories, see AUTOTITLE. For more information on configuring default setup at scale and recommending a query suite, see AUTOTITLE.

To use a custom query suite, you must configure advanced setup for {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}. For more information on advanced setups and creating a query suite, see AUTOTITLE and AUTOTITLE.

Built-in {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} query suites

The built-in {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} query suites, default and security-extended, are created and maintained by {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. Both of these query suites are available for every {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %}-supported language. For more information on {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %}-supported languages, see AUTOTITLE.

default query suite

• The default query suite is the group of queries run by default in {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.
• The queries in the default query suite are highly precise and return few false positive {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} results. Relative to the security-extended query suite, the default suite returns fewer low-confidence {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} results.
• This query suite is available for use with default setup for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}.

security-extended query suite

• The security-extended query suite consists of all the queries in the default query suite, plus additional queries with slightly lower precision and severity.
• Relative to the default query suite, the security-extended suite may return a greater number of false positive {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} results.
• This query suite is available for use with default setup for {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}, and is referred to as the "Extended" query suite on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}.

For a complete list of queries included in each query suite for every language, see AUTOTITLE.

Further reading

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