Your stack, your rules: Introducing custom agents in GitHub Copilot for observability, IaC, and security
Use partner-built Copilot agents to debug, secure, and automate engineering workflows across your terminal, editor, and github.com.
Use partner-built Copilot agents to debug, secure, and automate engineering workflows across your terminal, editor, and github.com.
We released three major updates to Copilot Spaces: public spaces, individual sharing, and the ability to add files to a space directly from the github.com code viewer. 👥 Public spaces…
We’ve made it easier to jumpstart agent sessions straight from your favorite Android apps. With our new Android sharesheet custom action in GitHub Mobile for Android, you can now share…
Claude Opus 4.5, Anthropic’s latest model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. In early testing, Claude Opus 4.5 surpassed internal coding benchmarks while cutting token usage in half, making…
Copilot code review now surfaces actionable feedback from linters, so the small stuff is never missed—and you can customize which linters are used via repository rulesets. This feature is available…
GitHub Copilot’s next edit suggestions just got faster, smarter, and more precise thanks to new data pipelines, reinforcement learning, and continuous model updates built for in-editor workflows.
Enterprise developers have asked for more flexibility in how they use Copilot. Many teams already work with specific large language model (LLM) providers and maintain custom models tailored to their…
We’re using embedding-guided tool routing, adaptive clustering, and a streamlined 13-tool core to deliver faster experience in VS Code.
GitHub Copilot CLI continues to evolve with significant improvements to search capabilities, better image support, access to and support for the latest AI models, and reliability enhancements. Here’s what we’ve…
Gemini 3 Pro, Google’s latest frontier model, is now rolling out and will be available in GitHub Copilot Pro, Pro+ Business, and Enterprise subscriptions. Rollout will be gradual. Check back…
GitHub Copilot in JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse now includes an Auto option that selects the model on your behalf. Choose Auto from the model picker in Copilot Chat. This…
We’ve introduced enhanced authentication capabilities in GitHub Copilot plugins for JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode to support more third-party OAuth providers with a secure and flexible approach using Dynamic Client Registration…
Custom agents are now in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Xcode, allowing you to package reusable expertise, guardrails, and tool access into AI agents tailored to your project…
GitHub Copilot next edit suggestions (NES) is now available in public preview for Xcode and Eclipse. This new feature helps developers move faster by suggesting the next logical edit based…
GitHub Copilot coding agent is now available in public preview for Eclipse. This release brings Copilot directly into native Eclipse workflows. What’s new Delegate from Eclipse: Describe a task in…
We’re excited to announce that plan mode in GitHub Copilot is now available in public preview for JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and Xcode. Here’s what you need to know about this…
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…
Discover practical tips, examples, and best practices for writing effective instructions files. Whether you’re new or experienced, you’ll find something to level up your code reviews.
Rulesets allow you to control how different actors can interact with a repository. You can use rulesets to enforce rules like: Only allow commits from email addresses that match a…
GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1-Codex, and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini—the full suite of OpenAI’s latest 5.1-series models—are now rolling out in public preview in GitHub Copilot. Availability in GitHub Copilot OpenAI GPT-5.1, GPT-5.1-Codex, and GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini will…
You can now track and manage Copilot coding agent without leaving Visual Studio Code. Everything you need now lives in one streamlined, centralized mission control view. View session logs directly…
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