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

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…

Screen recording showing how to upload new file types as attachments in GitHub issues. You can now upload a wider range of file types to issues, pull requests, discussions, and…

GPT-5 mini, OpenAI’s faster, more cost-efficient variant of GPT-5, is now rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. It’s designed to provide quick and accurate responses for a variety…

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…

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

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…

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.

Following our previous announcement, the Dependabot reviewers configuration option has been removed. We’ve retired this configuration option because the functionality overlaps with GitHub code owners. You can use code owners…

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,…

We’ve updated our Pre-release License Terms to make it easier for our enterprise customers to try out GitHub preview features. Indemnity now included: Volume licensing customers are now covered by…

The latest AI model from OpenAI, GPT-5, is now available on GitHub Models. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model, offering major improvements in reasoning, code quality, and user experience. It…

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.

What’s new We’re updating the default tab size when viewing code and code snippets on GitHub from eight spaces to four spaces. This change affects all logged-out users and new…

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.…

✅ Overview We’re streamlining the experience for users who belong to organizations requiring SSO authentication. With this release, multiple SSO banners that previously appeared throughout GitHub are consolidated into a…

GPT-5, OpenAI’s latest frontier model, is rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. GPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model to date, delivering substantial improvements in reasoning, code quality, and…

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…

Earlier, we announced copilot-instructions.md customization for Copilot code review was in public preview. Now it is generally available! All you need to do is add a copilot-instructions.md file in your…