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GitHub Copilot app Customize tab is generally available

GitHub has announced the general availability of the Customize tab in the GitHub Copilot app, which centralizes MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases for tailoring Copilot to team workflows. The tab offers featured customizations, browsing by type, and faster discovery of trending MCP servers, with capabilities such as delegating Azure DevOps backlog work to Copilot.

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GitHub Copilot app Customize tab is generally available
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GitHub Copilot is more useful when it works with the tools, knowledge, and workflows your team already relies on.

The new Customize tab in the GitHub Copilot app brings MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases together in one place. Explore featured customizations, browse by type, and find new ways to tailor Copilot to how you and your team work.

With the Customize tab, you can:

  • Discover more ways to customize Copilot across MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases.
  • Start with featured customizations selected from each section.
  • Find MCP servers faster by exploring trending options and browsing by category.

Bring the tools your team uses into Copilot Featured canvases help you move from understanding work to acting on it while keeping the relevant context visible.

Delegate backlog work from Azure DevOps Triage issues, prioritize backlogs, assign follow-ups, and hand work to Copilot to investigate, implement, or prepare for review.

Explore every type of customization The Featured view brings selected customizations from across the GitHub Copilot app into one place, giving you a simpler starting point when you do not already know which MCP server, plugin, skill, or canvas you need. You can also browse dedicated sections for each type of customization to find options that fit the way you work.

Get started Open the GitHub Copilot app and select Customize to explore featured customizations or browse by type.

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