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GitHub Copilot Weekly Updates Bring Enhanced Customization and Integrations

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GitHub Copilot's latest weekly release introduces a suite of updates focusing on greater control and integration across its ecosystem. Key enhancements include shared agent sessions in Slack and Microsoft Teams, general availability for app customization, and new management features for the CLI. These updates provide developers and teams with more granular control over Copilot's behavior, improved workflows, and better performance, affecting users across various IDEs and collaboration platforms. Specific improvements range from experimental WSL support in the Copilot app to a native Rust runtime for the CLI and advanced model management in Visual Studio.

  • →Shared Agent Sessions in Slack and Microsoft Teams
  • →GitHub Copilot App Enhancements
  • →Copilot for JetBrains Enterprise Controls
  • →Visual Studio Copilot Capabilities
  • →GitHub Copilot CLI Improvements
Features (4) ›
  • Shared Agent Sessions in Slack and Microsoft Teams

    Teams can now turn conversations into shared agent sessions directly within Slack and Microsoft Teams. By mentioning @GitHub, users can investigate problems, plan work, and make changes collaboratively.

  • GitHub Copilot App Enhancements

    The Customize tab is now generally available, centralizing MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases. Users can also turn Azure DevOps issues and pull requests into Copilot sessions and experience experimental Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) support.

  • Copilot for JetBrains Enterprise Controls

    Consistent enterprise controls are now available for Copilot in JetBrains IDEs. These controls apply to plugins, MCP servers, telemetry, and agent permission modes, standardizing usage across organizations.

  • Visual Studio Copilot Capabilities

    New capabilities include pinning favorite models, comparing capabilities/costs, adjusting reasoning effort, and sharing custom agents across organizations. Users can also view Copilot plan consumption and review uncommitted changes with a Git agent before creating pull requests.

Enhancements (2) ›
  • GitHub Copilot CLI Improvements

    New features allow setting default execution and permission modes for sessions, easier management of plugins, MCP servers, and skills, and the ability to restore interrupted sessions. Performance is significantly boosted by migrating to a native Rust runtime.

  • VS Code 1.135 Copilot Updates

    Users can continue recent Copilot or Claude agent sessions from other applications in VS Code and get a 'second opinion' from a complementary model. The interface is streamlined with a new single-pane Agents layout and detailed chat usage reporting.

Read the original announcement →

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-28-github-copilot-weekly-releases-august-24

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