Building your first MCP server: How to extend AI tools with custom capabilities
Learn Model Context Protocol by building a turn-based game server that shows how to extend GitHub Copilot with custom tools, resources, and prompts.
Learn Model Context Protocol by building a turn-based game server that shows how to extend GitHub Copilot with custom tools, resources, and prompts.
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CodeQL is the static analysis engine behind GitHub code scanning, which finds and remediates security issues in your code. We’ve recently released CodeQL 2.22.2 and 2.22.3, which expand Rust support,…
Model Context Protocol (MCP) support with GitHub Copilot is now generally available for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode! MCP empowers GitHub Copilot to integrate with external tools and data sources, enhancing…
GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model, is rolling out in public preview to users of GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model…
Learn how maintainers are using the GitHub MCP Server and what they are building in this episode of the GitHub Podcast.
More context can mean more attack surfaces for your projects. Be prepared for what lies ahead with this guide.
We’ve made numerous improvements to the new pull request “Files changed” page that launched as a public preview in June. This new page will eventually replace the existing page and…
We’ve released support for enforcing GitHub Artifact Attestations in OPA Gatekeeper, an open source admission controller for Kubernetes, in public preview. With this release, you can write and enforce policies…
GitHub Models evaluations tooling now supports multiple variables with any names, not just {{input}}! Previously, the tooling only recognized a single variable named {{input}}. Prompts using variables like {{experience}} or…
Copilot agent mode is on by default in Visual Studio. Agent mode helps you accomplish end-to-end development tasks by planning, taking action, and iterating until your goal is complete. Unlike traditional…
GPT-4o Copilot has been updated with a new model version that provides more useful and timely suggestions.
GitHub Copilot agent mode with MCP support for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode is now in public preview! You can enable GitHub Copilot with any GitHub account and try the autonomous coding experience today. ✨ What’s…
This update to the commit details page enhances accessibility, building on valuable feedback from the community, and also improves security and performance. Inline comments are now visible by default Inline…
SKU-level budgets are now available for all metered GitHub products. Administrators and billing managers can now set budgets for specific SKUs within a product. This gives you greater flexibility and…
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
An introduction to the three distinct modes of GitHub Copilot and a practical guide for integrating them effectively into your workflow.
During March and April, GitHub Mobile introduced several updates, including bug fixes, accessibility improvements, and a range of new features to make coding and collaboration on the go more seamless.…
Now in public preview, Windows arm64 hosted runners are available for free in public repositories. This runner comes with a Windows 11 Desktop image, fully equipped with all the tooling…
GitHub Codespaces has introduced a new Agentic AI feature—you can now open a Codespace running VSCode’s Copilot agent mode, directly from a GitHub issue. With a single click, you can…
Push rules are great for maintaining the integrity of your codebase by preventing unauthorized changes to critical files such as actions workflows. However, they can sometimes slow down the development…
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