GitHub has published a beginner's guide to writing prompts in its GitHub Copilot app, emphasizing that users can start with plain-English descriptions and refine iteratively. The guide highlights feat…
GitHub released Agent Plugins 1.0 on August 6, an open standard that packages agent skills and MCP servers into a single installable plugin, with support from AWS, Anysphere, Microsoft, OpenAI, Vercel…
AutoGPT, the open-source project with over 180,000 stars, is embracing AI-generated pull requests rather than blocking them, according to founding AI engineer Nicholas Tindle. Tindle says the key is t…
GitHub has released the GitHub Enterprise Server 3.22 release candidate, introducing new capabilities including Copilot CLI support for air-gapped environments, general availability of Enterprise Team…
GitHub has released an update to GitHub Copilot for JetBrains that adds persistent Copilot memory across chat sessions, support for Ollama as a bring-your-own-key (BYOK) provider, and expanded enterpr…
GitHub announced the deprecation of MAI-Code-1-Flash across all GitHub Copilot experiences on September 10, 2026, following the launch of MAI-Code-1.1-Flash. Users are advised to update workflows and …
GitHub announced at GitHub Universe that developers are shifting from writing code to orchestrating AI agents, with GitHub Copilot serving as the control plane for building software delivery systems. …
Microsoft's MAI-Code-1.1-Flash, a small-tier coding model with native vision support, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot, offering a 73% lower list price than its predecessor MAI-Code-1-Flash. The m…
GitHub has added a per-model token breakdown to the AI usage report, showing input, output, cache read, and cache write tokens alongside AI credits for each model. The feature is available to admins o…
Microsoft and GitHub released the GitHub Copilot SDK for Java, version 1.0.7-preview.1, a framework-agnostic client library that lets enterprise Java developers drive AI from idiomatic Java code using…
GitHub has expanded Copilot Chat on github.com with new conversation controls, including the ability to minimize the chat window and resume conversations, plus token spend indicators. These features a…
GitHub's August 3 weekly release for GitHub Copilot introduces new features across its desktop app, CLI, and VS Code 1.132, including model identification with AI credit and cache details, a Sessions …
GitHub's Copilot impact dashboard now includes a 'Potential return on investment' section that connects Copilot spending to pull request output, with two cards comparing passive users (Phase 1) agains…
GitHub announced that Lite and Balanced effort levels for GitHub Copilot code review are now generally available, replacing the Low and Medium levels from public preview. These levels let users match …
GitHub's Copilot usage metrics API now reports agent app activity, broken out by individual agent, with a new optional `totals_by_3rd_party_agent` array in enterprise, organization, enterprise-user, a…
GitHub has reversed its Code Quality feature's automatic addition of Copilot as a pull request reviewer, disabling the ruleset settings it previously enabled. The change, effective for GitHub Enterpri…
GitHub has made generally available new enterprise managed settings keys, `allowedMcpServers` and `deniedMcpServers`, that let enterprise owners centrally control which Model Context Protocol (MCP) se…
GitHub has introduced slash commands in its GitHub Copilot app, offering shortcuts for planning, collaboration, automation, and customization. Commands like /plan help break down tasks before coding, …
GitHub has retired the Copilot Billing Preview app, which helped users understand their bill during the transition to usage-based billing. Users can now manage Copilot spend directly in GitHub billing…
GitHub's legal team, including lawyers and program managers without engineering backgrounds, used GitHub Copilot CLI to build custom tools that automate repetitive legal work. Principal Product Counse…