GitHub has introduced new extensions for its programming tool Copilot, which was launched in 2021. Agent Mode and Copilot Edits are now available in Microsoft's source code editor Visual Studio Code.

The complete AI functions for VS Code are to become open source. As a first step, Microsoft is releasing the chat extension.

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license.

Learn how to unlock GPT-5 in VS Code using GitHub Copilot Pro. Here are the steps and how to bypass usage limits using your API key.

VS Code’s June 2025 update supercharges GitHub Copilot with new chat customization tools, smarter inline completions, and an open-source Copilot Chat extension that makes AI-assisted coding more ...

Agent mode, MCP, next edit suggestions, and more -- GitHub Copilot is getting smarter in both VS and VS Code. Here's a side-by-side look at what developers get in each IDE.

VS Code team open‑sourced GitHub Copilot Chat (MIT licence) and invites developers to explore, contribute and shape the AI editor.

GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code.