GitHub Copilot

Overview

Microsoft/GitHub’s AI coding assistant integrated into IDEs; dominant ai-code-assistance tool for millions of developers.

2026-07-01: Browser tools GA in VS Code — agents navigate, click, screenshot, run scripted flows in integrated browser; on by default; tab isolation + enterprise domain controls (2026-07-01-github-copilot-browser-tools-ga)
2026-07-01: Added moonshot-ai Kimi K2.7 Code — first open-weight model in Copilot model picker; Azure-hosted; Pro/Pro+/Max rollout; Business/Enterprise opt-in required (2026-07-02-github-copilot-kimi-official-changelog)
2026-06-11: Agentic Workflows public preview — Copilot CLI runs inside ci-cd via gh aw markdown workflows; org billing via copilot-requests: write (no PAT) (2026-06-11-github-agentic-workflows-public-preview)
2026-06-05: Copilot desktop app broad rollout to all Pro, Pro+, Business, Enterprise subscribers (2026-06-02-github-copilot-desktop-app)
2026-06-02: Launched Copilot desktop app at build-2026 — agent-native control center with parallel git-worktree sessions, Canvas, Agent Merge (2026-06-02-github-copilot-app-thurrott)
2026-06-02: copilot-sdk GA in 6 languages (Node/TS, Python, Go, .NET, Rust, Java)
2026-06-02: Retired premium request model; switched to token-based GitHub AI Credits billing
Plans: Pro ( $10/ m o,$ 15 credits), Pro+ ( $39/ m o,$ 70 credits), Business ( $19/ se a t), E n t er p r i se ($ 39/seat)
New Copilot Max plan: $100/ m o w i t h$ 200 credits for heavy agentic workloads
Code completions remain free on all paid plans; org-level credit pooling with budget controls