GitHub Copilot - 6

2026 (12)

July (12)

github: Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available

GitHub

2026-07-29

Copilot code review now generally supports agent skills and MCP servers for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. These features have moved from public preview to general availability.

github: GitHub Copilot app usage metrics now expand across report rollups

GitHub

2026-07-28

GitHub Copilot app usage metrics are now included in more of the Copilot usage metrics API. Individual app activity is now attributed to users in the enterprise-user and organization-user reports.

github: Grok 4.5 is now available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-07-28

Grok 4.5 is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. GitHub says the xAI model is intended for fast, agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows, with a large context window.

github: GitHub Copilot for JetBrains adds improved OpenTelemetry configuration and model management

GitHub

2026-07-28

GitHub Copilot for JetBrains now includes improved OpenTelemetry configuration and model management. The update also adds support for connecting MCP servers and custom agents in Claude agent flows.

github: Manage GitHub Copilot app access with a dedicated policy

GitHub

2026-07-27

GitHub Copilot now has a dedicated policy for controlling app access at both the enterprise and organization levels. This separates Copilot app access from the previous broader access controls.

github: Enterprise managed settings in the GitHub Copilot app and Copilot cloud agent

GitHub

2026-07-27

GitHub Copilot app and Copilot cloud agent now support enterprise managed settings, letting organizations apply the same centrally managed Copilot policies across the enterprise.

github: Claude Opus 5 is now available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-07-24

GitHub Copilot now supports Claude Opus 5, Anthropic’s latest Opus model. GitHub says it is intended for complex, long-running coding tasks that need careful reasoning and tool use.

github: Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available

GitHub

2026-07-23

GitHub says Copilot cloud agent is now generally available for Linear. Users can assign Linear issues to the agent, which then analyzes the issue contents and works asynchronously in the background.

github: Gemini 3.6 Flash is now available in GitHub Copilot

GitHub

2026-07-21

GitHub Copilot is rolling out Gemini 3.6 Flash, Google’s latest Flash model. GitHub says it is intended for web and app development, coding, and longer-horizon agentic tasks, with configurable behavior.

github: Copilot users can now see AI credits used per billing cycle

GitHub

2026-07-20

Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise users can now view how many AI credits they have used in the current billing cycle, even if they do not have an individual budget. The usage count is available in GitHub Copilot usage.

github: Repository-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics generally available

GitHub

2026-07-17

GitHub Copilot usage metrics REST API now includes repository-level activity. Two new endpoints provide a daily per-repository breakdown of pull request activity for Copilot coding agent and Copilot code review.

dotnet: Announcing .NET Modernization for Beginners

.NET

2026-07-16

Microsoft announced a free, open-source hands-on course for modernizing a legacy ASP.NET application to .NET 10 using the GitHub Copilot modernization agent. The course is step-by-step and aimed at beginners.