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Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available

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Copilot code review support for agent skills and MCP servers is now generally available for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. Previously announced in public preview , these capabilities let you bring your team’s tools,

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DateEventWhen
Jun 25, 2026GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available3 mo ago
Jun 26, 2026MAI-Code-1-Flash for Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise3 mo ago
Jun 30, 2026Claude Sonnet 5 is generally available for GitHub Copilot3 mo ago
Jul 1, 2026Browser tools for GitHub Copilot in VS Code are generally available3 mo ago
Jul 1, 2026Copilot vision is generally available3 mo ago
Jul 1, 2026Enterprise managed-settings.json is generally available3 mo ago
Jul 1, 2026Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot3 mo ago
Jul 8, 2026Codex as agent provider and agentic enhancements in JetBrains IDEs3 mo ago
Jul 8, 2026Kimi K2.7 now available for Copilot Business and Enterprise3 mo ago
Jul 8, 2026Deploy managed Copilot settings via MDM in VS Code and CLI3 mo ago
Jul 8, 2026GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, June 2026 releases3 mo ago
Jul 15, 2026GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio , June update2 mo ago
Jul 17, 2026Repository-level GitHub Copilot usage metrics generally available2 mo ago
Jul 23, 2026Copilot cloud agent for Linear is now generally available2 mo ago
Jul 29, 2026Default model enablement for Copilot Business and Enterprise2 mo ago
Jul 29, 2026Copilot code review: Agent skills and MCP now generally available2 mo ago
Aug 6, 2026Kimi K3 is now available in GitHub Copilot2 mo ago
Aug 7, 2026GitHub Code Quality no longer adds Copilot as a reviewer2 mo ago
Aug 7, 2026MCP allowlists in enterprise managed settings2 mo ago
Aug 7, 2026Copilot code review effort levels are generally available2 mo ago
Aug 10, 2026Copilot on web expands conversation controls2 mo ago
Aug 12, 2026Agent Plugins 1.0 in VS Code, Copilot CLI, and the Copilot app1 mo ago
Aug 14, 2026GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 1043 days ago
Aug 21, 2026The new GitHub Copilot experience in Slack36 days ago
Aug 25, 2026Copilot harness generally available in Copilot for JetBrains32 days ago
Aug 25, 2026GitHub Copilot app Customize tab is generally available32 days ago
Aug 26, 2026Global model policy generally available31 days ago
Aug 27, 2026Enterprise-managed settings now support autoUpdate for plugin marketplaces30 days ago
Aug 28, 2026GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 2429 days ago
Sep 1, 2026Claude Fable 5.1 is generally available in GitHub Copilot25 days ago
Sep 1, 2026Set an expiration date for individual user budgets25 days ago
Sep 1, 2026Copilot code review can now approve pull requests25 days ago
Sep 2, 2026Content exclusions generally available in Copilot app and CLI24 days ago
Sep 2, 2026Enterprise-managed settings support any default model24 days ago
Sep 4, 2026GPT-6 Astra is generally available in GitHub Copilot22 days ago
Sep 4, 2026GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 3122 days ago
Sep 9, 2026Enterprise managed permissions for GitHub Copilot agent operations17 days ago
Sep 9, 2026Enterprise-managed sandbox in Copilot for JetBrains17 days ago
Sep 10, 2026GitHub Copilot weekly releases , September 716 days ago
Sep 11, 2026Add VS Code Agents to Copilot usage metrics15 days ago
Sep 15, 2026GitHub Copilot suggests custom properties definitions11 days ago
Sep 16, 2026Copilot budget increase requests are generally available10 days ago
Sep 18, 2026Copilot code review: An improved review experience8 days ago
Sep 18, 2026GitHub Copilot weekly releases , September 148 days ago
Sep 23, 2026More ways to request and configure Copilot code reviews3 days ago
Sep 23, 2026New features and improvements in Copilot for JetBrains3 days ago
Sep 25, 2026Default Enablement of Copilot Features for Copilot Business and EnterpriseYesterday

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