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Run tests, fix code, and get support—right in your workflow. Stay focused and let Copilot handle the busywork.

Learn how we are using the newly released GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent to triage categories of vulnerabilities in GitHub Actions and JavaScript projects.

Learn how I managed context to keep Copilot focused, used the Plan agent to sharpen vague requirements, and required Test Driven Development practices to catch bugs before users.

In December, we experienced five incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

GitHub has introduced a new artifact_metadata permission to give you more precise control over API access to artifact-related metadata. This permission replaces the broader contents:read and contents:write permissions for the…

Learn why some long-enrolled OSS-Fuzz projects still contain vulnerabilities and how you can find them.

An easy-to-remember acronym, WRAP will help you write effective issues, refine your instructions, and get the most out of Copilot coding agent.

You can now view pull request–level activity metrics for your enterprise—including overall pull request creation and review activity—as well as how GitHub Copilot participates in that workflow. All of this…

You can now access your organization’s Copilot usage metrics via the Copilot usage APIs. The APIs contain reports with aggregated and user-specific metrics, including usage statistics for various Copilot features,…

As previously announced, we’re completing the npm classic token deprecation today. This marks a major milestone in the security hardening initiative to strengthen npm’s authentication system. What’s changing today (December…

Discover how advanced AI users are redefining software development—shifting from code producers to strategic orchestrators—through delegation, verification, and a new era of AI-fluent engineering.

GitHub secret scanning continually adds support for new secret types. The following updates were made during the month of November. New provider patterns: Secret scanning added 24 new secret types…

Run multiple Copilot agents from one place. Learn prompt techniques, how to spot drift early, and how to review agent work efficiently.

We’re using embedding-guided tool routing, adaptive clustering, and a streamlined 13-tool core to deliver faster experience in VS Code.

Learn how to write effective agents.md files for GitHub Copilot with practical tips, real examples, and templates from analyzing 2,500+ repositories.

GitHub now makes it easier for teams to track, prioritize, and remediate security risks that matter by connecting code, build artifacts, and production context. Here’s what’s shipped and how you…

Enterprise and organization administrators can now configure MCP registries and enforce allowlist policies in the latest release of VS Code Stable, bringing these governance controls to the majority of Copilot…

What’s new? Enterprise role: View enterprise Copilot metrics You can now access the Copilot Usage Metrics APIs and Dashboard if you are assigned the new enterprise role: View enterprise Copilot…

Nearly a billion commits later, the way we ship code has changed for good. Here’s what the 2025 Octoverse data says about how devs really work now.

Curious about using GitHub Copilot in your terminal? Here’s our guide to GitHub Copilot CLI, including a starter kit with the best prompts for a wide range of use cases.

TypeScript just became the most-used language on GitHub. Here’s why, according to its creator.