GitHub Copilot Gets Memory and Ollama in JetBrains

GitHub Copilot for JetBrains picked up two significant features on August 11: persistent memory that follows you across sessions and repositories, and Ollama as a local model provider. JetBrains users have been waiting on both — VS Code got Ollama BYOK in June, and Copilot memory has been rolling out across surfaces for months. Now it’s here. The setup takes minutes. Copilot Memory: Stop Re-Explaining Your Stack If you’ve ever opened a new Copilot chat and typed something like “we use Kotlin, Spring Boot, Postgres, and we never use field injection” — that’s the problem memory solves. Starting now in […]

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