Browse GitHub Copilot News (135)
Klaus Loeffelmann shares how prompt-driven AI development—including GitHub Copilot and Agent mode in Visual Studio—enabled him to rapidly build a mission-critical WinForms app to rescue his mother’s business trip after catastrophic hardware failure.
Mark Downie details the February 2026 Visual Studio update, highlighting GitHub Copilot-powered AI features, smarter test workflows, and productivity improvements for .NET and C++ development.
Sandeep Sen explains how Python developers can now install and run Azure MCP Server with PyPI and uvx, unlocking seamless Azure integration and support for agentic workflows and GitHub Copilot SDK.
Gwen Davis explains how to engineer robust multi-agent workflows in AI systems, detailing three core patterns—typed schemas, action schemas, and MCP—to make agentic automation with tools like GitHub Copilot reliable and maintainable.
Allison explains the new public preview feature allowing GitHub organization owners to view Copilot usage metrics through a dedicated dashboard in the GitHub UI.
Allison details how GitHub Copilot is now fully supported in the Zed code editor, enabling developers with Copilot Pro or Enterprise subscriptions to use AI-powered coding features seamlessly within Zed.
Rhea Patel and Kelly Fam introduce new Visual Studio agent features, showing how developers can harness built-in and custom agents powered by GitHub Copilot for tailored coding workflows.
Allison presents an update on the Copilot coding agent's model picker feature, now available for Copilot Business and Enterprise users, enabling them to choose specific AI models for delegated coding tasks.
Allison provides a news update on the deprecation of selected Anthropic and OpenAI models in GitHub Copilot, detailing important steps for Copilot Enterprise users and administrators.
Kate Catlin reports on the rollout of the Gemini 3.1 Pro model in GitHub Copilot, highlighting its performance and administrative requirements for adoption by Copilot users and organizations.
Andrea Griffiths delves into how AI is transforming developer technology choices, using real-world Octoverse 2025 data to highlight GitHub Copilot's influence and provide practical advice for developers and leaders.
Allison details how the Copilot usage metrics API helps enterprise admins gain visibility into the impact of GitHub Copilot on pull request workflows and team productivity.
Allison explains how to set up the Copilot coding agent for Windows-based projects—helpful for developers who want Copilot to build and test code autonomously with GitHub Actions integration.
Allison explains how the Copilot coding agent now supports code referencing, highlighting when generated code matches public GitHub repositories and providing traceability via session logs.
Allison introduces the availability of Claude Opus 4.6 within GitHub Copilot Chat, highlighting new integration support for Visual Studio, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse. Learn how administrators can enable access for their organizations.
Kate Catlin announces that Claude Sonnet 4.6, Anthropic’s latest agentic coding model, is now available in GitHub Copilot with broad integration and new model selection features.
Allison announces a series of upgrades for GitHub Copilot in Eclipse, including MCP Registry, enhanced chat UX, and new customization features to improve the AI-powered development experience.
Allison details how developers can use the Copilot coding agent in Visual Studio to delegate tasks, automate pull requests, and leverage asynchronous background processing within the GitHub Copilot ecosystem.
Allison explains how developers can now assign issues to the GitHub Copilot coding agent directly from Raycast, enabling automated background task handling and workflow optimization.
Microsoft Fabric Blog details how GitHub Copilot brings AI-powered coding and query optimization to SQL developers directly in SSMS, VS Code, and Fabric, offering chat-driven help, inline completions, and security-focused workflows.