GitHub Copilot’s upgraded coding agent, now accessible through a new agents panel, lets Visual Studio and VS Code developers ...

I asked GPT-5, GPT-5 Pro, GPT-5 Thinking, and o3 to analyze my code repository - and found surprising differences in detail, reasoning, and actionable insights that could change how you work.

With Visual Studio Code 1.99, GitHub Copilot agent mode is included in VS Code Stable and Next Edit Suggestions is generally available.

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