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The August 2025 update to Visual Studio brings a smarter Copilot, MCP general availability, and more control. Highlights Here’s what’s new with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14): GPT-5…

Learn how the Secret Protection engineering team collaborated with GitHub Copilot coding agent to expand validity check coverage.

@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.

Dependencies on issues are now generally available! You can now specify which issues are blocked by or blocking others, making it easy for teams to define work that must be…

Open source is aging. We can better support Gen Z contributors through purpose, flexibility, and pathways to leadership.

The open source Git project just released Git 2.51. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

You can now search for, add, and remove individual users in cost centers directly from the billing UI. Previously, managing cost center membership required using the REST API. This update…

We’re shipping two improvements today to help users better manage pull requests and stay on top of important conversations. Clearer distinctions for pull request reviewer status and approvals We’ve enhanced…

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…

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…

What’s New You can now add entire repositories to your spaces. Get up and running faster when you’re exploring unfamiliar codebases or need comprehensive context across your project. Key benefits…

Learn how the International Telecommunication Union made the switch to open source, and how you can too!

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.

What’s changed New contributors often miss detailed contributing guidelines because these files are hard to find within repositories. Their poor discoverability creates friction for newcomers, limiting onboarding and community growth.…

You can now automatically generate robust test suites and an evaluator for your prompts using the GitHub CLI and the PromptPex methodology. The new generate command analyzes your .prompt.yml file…

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

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

Upgrade from a local MCP Docker image to GitHub’s hosted server and automate pull requests, continuous integration, and security triage in minutes — no tokens required.

More context can mean more attack surfaces for your projects. Be prepared for what lies ahead with this guide.

Open source software is critical infrastructure, but it’s underfunded. With a new feasibility study, GitHub’s developer policy team is building a coalition of policymakers and industry to close the maintenance funding gap.