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@cole-hartman and @dorisbwang joined the GitHub Apps team for the summer with a focus on improving the developer experience around fine-grained PAT creation. They worked with our design and product…

When a chat conversation is poisoned by indirect prompt injection, it can result in the exposure of GitHub tokens, confidential files, or even the execution of arbitrary code without the user’s explicit consent. In this blog post, we’ll explain which VS Code features may reduce these risks.

Learn Model Context Protocol by building a turn-based game server that shows how to extend GitHub Copilot with custom tools, resources, and prompts.

The deprecation date for Copilot knowledge bases has been updated from September 12th to November 1st, 2025. Beginning November 1, 2025, GitHub Copilot knowledge bases will be retired and fully…

In May, we launched Copilot coding agent, our autonomous developer agent. You can delegate tasks to Copilot, and Copilot will work in the background and create a draft pull request…

Dependabot can now automatically update your Rust toolchain versions defined in rust-toolchain.toml and rust-toolchain files, helping you keep your Rust projects up-to-date with the latest stable, beta, or nightly releases.…

How GitHub’s new MCP server and GPT-5 are revolutionizing developer workflows — with live build examples.

The remote GitHub MCP server now scans all of its tool call inputs in public repositories. If an exposed secret is detected, the call is blocked by default with clear…

Dependabot now supports automatic dependency updates for vcpkg, the free C/C++ package manager from Microsoft. This enables teams using vcpkg to keep their C and C++ dependencies secure and up-to-date…

Learn how maintainers are using the GitHub MCP Server and what they are building in this episode of the GitHub Podcast.

Learn how the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 71 open source projects significantly improve their security posture through direct funding, expert guidance, and actionable playbooks.

Summary We’re introducing improvements to the GitHub Activity Events API to provide a fresher, more scalable experience for everyone using GitHub event data. By reducing the size of data payloads,…

The role of junior developer is evolving. If you’re at this stage in your career, here’s how to keep up and stand out.

With GitHub Copilot coding agent, you can delegate tasks to Copilot that it will work on in the background. By adding custom instructions to your repository, you can guide Copilot…

Learn how to integrate AI features with GitHub Models directly in GitHub Actions workflows.

New REST APIs for actions settings Today, GitHub Actions is launching new REST APIs for managing settings. The following settings are now accessible via these new endpoints: Approval for running…

Copilot Chat in github.com is significantly more powerful for repository workflows, unlocking a range of new capabilities directly in chat: Create, update, and push files: Describe changes to code, READMEs,…

Learn how to configure Copilot coding agent’s environment, optimize project structure, use custom instructions, and extend its capabilities with MCP servers.

We’re investing in keeping Dependabot relevant for modern development teams, whether you’re experimenting with a new language or relying on the latest version of your favorite package manager. We’ve expanded…

Build a custom Azure DevOps extension that eliminates the complexity of JWT generation and token management, enabling powerful automation and enhanced security controls.

With GitHub Copilot coding agent, you can delegate tasks to Copilot that it will work on in the background while you focus on something else. When delegating a task to…