GitHub announced on July 8, 2026 that enterprises can centrally manage Copilot settings and telemetry controls for VS Code and Copilot CLI through MDM, server-managed settings, or locked local setting…
GitHub announced enterprise-managed OpenTelemetry export for Copilot in VS Code and CLI, allowing organizations to mandate telemetry flow to approved collectors without individual developer configurat…
GitHub published a July 8, 2026 walkthrough showing Copilot CLI configuring GitHub Pages DNS through Namecheap's API, taking a site from empty repository to custom-domain HTTPS in about 14 minutes. Th…
GitHub Mobile now supports live notifications for remote Copilot CLI sessions, allowing users to track progress, receive input requests, and jump back into sessions via iOS live activities or Android …
GitHub announced on July 7, 2026, that its standalone Copilot desktop app is now available on every Copilot plan, including Free and Education, across macOS, Windows, and Linux. The move broadens acce…
GitHub announced that Copilot CLI inside GitHub Actions workflows can now authenticate using the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN instead of requiring a personal access token (PAT). This change, noted in the Jul…
GitHub announced three improvements to its Copilot usage metrics API, including CLI suggested lines of code reporting, IDE identification for server-side-only users, and more accurate AI credit attrib…
GitHub Copilot CLI now features auto model selection that routes tasks to the optimal AI model based on real-time utilization and health metrics, improving reliability and token efficiency. The featur…
Supacode, a native macOS app built on The Composable Architecture and GhosttyKit, has evolved from a harness for running CLI coding agents into a full IDE with flexible panes for agents, editor, file …
Microsoft released a setup LSP skill for the C++ language server plugin in Copilot CLI, enabling developers to generate compile_commands.json for CMake, MSBuild, and custom build systems. The skill si…
The Software Freedom Conservancy released a set of 14 recommendations for open-source contributors using AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Copilot CLI, prioritizing best practices for integrat…
GitHub has made the redesigned terminal interface for Copilot CLI generally available, featuring a tabbed layout for browsing issues, pull requests, and gists, a guided tool configuration experience, …
Open Ralph Wiggum, a new CLI tool implementing the Ralph Wiggum technique, launches with support for multiple AI coding agents including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Copilot CLI, Cursor Agent, Qwen Code…
Headroom, an open-source context compression layer, reduces token usage in AI agent loops by 60–95% while preserving answer accuracy. The tool intercepts and compresses tool outputs, logs, and convers…
GitHub has added a new governance capability to enterprise-managed settings, allowing administrators to disable bypass permission controls for Copilot CLI and VS Code. The setting prevents automatic a…
A developer at Microsoft describes how adopting a policy of automating any task done more than twice led to unexpected consequences, including increased context switching and errors, but ultimately en…
GitHub Copilot CLI released a smarter subagent delegation feature that reduced tool failures per session by 23% and improved user wait times by up to 5% at P95, with no quality regression. The improve…
Plannotator, an open-source tool for annotating agent plans, diffs, and HTML, now supports nine AI agent harnesses including Claude Code and Codex. The tool, which began as a way to review Claude Code…
GitHub Copilot CLI has introduced a unified `/settings` slash command that consolidates previously scattered configuration options like `/theme`, `/streamer-mode`, and `/experimental` into a single, s…
GitHub announced that Agentic Workflows can now use the built-in `GITHUB_TOKEN` from GitHub Actions, eliminating the need to create and store personal access tokens (PATs). The change reduces operatio…