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.

News AI Coding Assistants Encroach on Copilot's Special GitHub Relationship By David Ramel 04/07/2025 Microsoft had a great thing going when it had GitHub Copilot all to itself in Visual Studio and ...

Microsoft is bringing GitHub Copilot into the Eclipse IDE –, but currently only with AI-supported code completion. An intelligent chat is to follow.