GitHub Copilot Agent Finder enables dynamic capability discovery
GitHub Copilot now includes an Agent Finder feature, which dynamically discovers and suggests relevant AI resources for tasks described in plain language, eliminating the need for manual configuration. This enhancement improves efficiency by loading only necessary tools and offering ranked matches, benefiting all GitHub Copilot users. The feature supports private registries and offers managed settings for enterprise control, with no automatic installations.
- →GitHub Copilot Agent Finder for dynamic AI resource discovery
- →Ranked matches and selective loading of AI resources
- →Implementation of open Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) specification
- →Support for user-defined registries and scoped discovery
- →Managed settings for enterprise control over AI resource discovery
Features (1) ›
- GitHub Copilot Agent Finder for dynamic AI resource discovery
Agent finder for GitHub Copilot is now available, allowing it to discover the right capabilities (MCP servers, skills, canvases, agents, tools) for a task automatically based on a plain language description. This replaces manual configuration, reducing context window usage by loading only necessary tools.
Enhancements (4) ›
- Ranked matches and selective loading of AI resources
Agent finder searches an index of available AI resources and returns ranked matches that Copilot can pull in on demand from a specified catalog. Agents load what is needed for the task, improving efficiency over carrying every tool.
- Support for user-defined registries and scoped discovery
Users can point agent finder at GitHub's public catalog or their own private registry of internal resources. The answers an agent receives are scoped to the chosen source registry.
- Managed settings for enterprise control over AI resource discovery
Governing settings for Copilot allow enterprises to define which resources agents can discover and use, ensuring that only permitted resources are surfaced.
- User control over installation with no auto-connect functionality
Agent finder identifies the correct tool at the appropriate time but does not automatically connect or install anything. Users retain control over what is actually wired into the system.
Notes (1) ›
- Implementation of open Agentic Resource Discovery (ARD) specification
Agent finder implements the open ARD specification, developed in collaboration with Google, GoDaddy, Hugging Face, and Microsoft. This specification allows any registry or AI client to adopt the same discovery model.
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-17-agent-finder-for-github-copilot-now-available