Tag: github-copilot

As of the June 11, 2026 change, GitHub Agentic Workflows run on the built-in GITHUB_TOKEN. Add copilot-requests: write, drop the PAT, recompile the lock file, and let safe-outputs apply writes from a privileged step. Full issue-triage example, the token fallback chain, and the two cases where you still need a custom token.

At Build 2026 GitHub shipped Copilot SDK 1.0 GA with a first-class .NET package. You can now drive the same planning, tool-calling, and multi-turn agent runtime from C# code, BYOK included.

Claude Code wins on raw agent quality and predictable flat pricing, Cursor wins as the editor you live in with the best multi-model routing, and GitHub Copilot wins when the work starts and ends on GitHub. The June 2026 token-billing shift is the tiebreaker for cost.

Copilot Chat reads your .github/copilot-instructions.md fine, but Agent mode and *.instructions.md files often look ignored. Here is the actual checklist: settings, file locations, applyTo globs, and how to prove the file made it into context.

On May 17, 2026 GitHub flipped the default Copilot model on Business and Enterprise plans from GPT-4.1 to GPT-5.3-Codex. GPT-4.1 stays free until June 1, then it falls under usage-based billing. Here is what changes for pinned models in your repo and CI.

GitHub deprecated claude-sonnet-4 on May 6, 2026 across Copilot Chat, inline edits, ask and agent modes, and code completions. Recommended migration target is Claude Sonnet 4.6. What to grep for in your repo before the next pinned model selection silently breaks.

Turn the unwritten rules in your repo into a SKILL.md that GitHub Copilot loads on demand. Frontmatter, descriptions that route, file references, and how to verify it actually fires.

GitHub Copilot for VS Code shipped Bring Your Own Key on April 22, 2026. Wire your own Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, or Azure account into Chat, or point at a local Ollama or Foundry Local model. Billing skips the Copilot quota and goes straight to the provider.

Visual Studio 2022 17.14.30 bundles the Azure MCP Server into the Azure development workload. Copilot Chat can hit 230+ Azure tools across 45 services without installing a thing.

Visual Studio 18.5 GA ships a guided Debugger Agent workflow in Copilot Chat that forms a hypothesis, sets breakpoints, rides along through a repro, validates against runtime state, and proposes a fix.