GitHub Copilot app generally available
The GitHub Copilot app is now generally available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s the desktop home for agent-driven development, built natively on GitHub. Download the GitHub Copilot app to…
The GitHub Copilot app is now generally available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It’s the desktop home for agent-driven development, built natively on GitHub. Download the GitHub Copilot app to…
Copilot usage metrics reports now draw on server-side telemetry in addition to client signals, so more of your active Copilot users show up in reports. Enterprise usage reports returned by…
GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners: Learn how to use slash commands to control your terminal AI agent.
Better orchestration, fewer handoffs, faster progress, without a single new knob.
With new organization runner controls, Copilot content exclusion support, and the removal of the character limit on repository custom instructions, Copilot code review is now easier to tailor to your…
GitHub Copilot CLI now has a unified, schema-driven home for configuration. The new /settings slash command combines the scattered commands like /theme, /streamer-mode, and /experimental with options that previously required…
We’ve improved the handoff experience between Copilot Chat and Copilot cloud agent on the web. We’ve also enabled new functionality which allows you to search and query past agent sessions…
Install and configure LSP servers for GitHub Copilot CLI, replacing brute-force grep/decompile with real code intelligence.
You can now run a security review on your code changes directly from GitHub Copilot CLI. The new /security-review slash command is shipping as an experimental feature in public preview,…
Editor’s Note (June 12, 2026): Following Anthropic’s announcement, effective today, access to Claude Fable 5 has been suspended across all GitHub Copilot experiences. All other Claude models including Claude Opus…
Custom agents let GitHub Copilot CLI understand your stack and team workflows, turning one-off terminal prompts into repeatable, reviewable processes.
When a GitHub Actions job fails, Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max subscribers can now ask Copilot cloud agent to fix it in one click. Click the Fix with Copilot button…
Copilot Pro, Pro+, and Max users can now programmatically start and track Copilot cloud agent tasks with the Agent tasks REST API, available in public preview. Copilot cloud agent works…
GitHub Copilot now supports larger context windows and configurable reasoning levels to help you tackle deeper, more complex work. Leverage one-million-token context windows A one-million-token context window means users can…
May 2026 brought sharper tooling for planning, reviewing, and managing your work with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026. Highlights Here’s what’s new for all GitHub Copilot users in Visual…
GitHub Copilot Chat now provides richer context and new capabilities when you’re working with diffs and pull requests on github.com. This feature was previously in public preview and is now…
VS Code continues with weekly stable releases. This changelog covers releases v1.120 through v1.123, the releases we shipped throughout May and early June 2026. In May, we made the Agents…
Editor’s note (June 5, 2026): Removed the waitlist link and updated the links to the GitHub Copilot app. The GitHub Copilot app technical preview is now available to all existing…
At Microsoft Build 2026, GitHub introduced new tools, updates, and surfaces so agents can work the way you already work.
The GitHub Copilot SDK is now generally available. You can embed GitHub Copilot’s agentic engine into your own applications, services, and developer tools with a stable API and production-ready support.…
GitHub Copilot CLI is getting a major refresh at Microsoft Build 2026. Rubber duck and voice input are generally available today, and both prompt scheduling and a new experimental terminal…
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