GitHub debuts an AI coding agent for GitHub Copilot that can fix bugs, add features, improve documentation, and more, and open sources GitHub Copilot in VS Code
Body — I find the following two news items on the front page: Thomas Dohmke / The GitHub Blog : GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent Visual Studio Code : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor The GitHub Blog : GitHub Copilot coding agent in public preview Ryan Daws / Developer Tech News : GitHub Copilot automates DevOps loops with agent capabilities Frank X. Shaw / Microsoft : Microsoft Build 2025: The age of AI agents and building the open agentic web Business Today : Microsoft Launches GitHub AI Agent That Codes & Fixes Bugs, Satya Nadella Demos Live Bug Fixes Syntax / Syntax on YouTube : Fork Yeah! Microsoft open sourcing Copilot Siddharth Jindal / Analytics India Magazine : Microsoft Just Showed Us Why VS Code Still Rules Axios : 1 big thing: AI agents will do the grunt work of coding Matthew Broersma / Silicon UK : Microsoft's GitHub Offers AI Coding Agent Kahekashan / The Hans India : Microsoft Unveils GitHub AI Agent That Can Write, Fix and Update Code Jason Nelson / Decrypt : Microsoft Introduces GitHub AI Agent, Now With More Vibe Coding Jordan Novet / CNBC : Microsoft introduces GitHub AI agent that can code for you StartupNews.fyi : GitHub launches new AI coding agent that fixes bugs Bluesky: John Papa / @papa.dev : Big step forward: GitHub Copilot Chat is going open source under MIT. — The Copilot Chat extension is being broken into core AI features that will live inside VS Code. — More transparency. More contributions. A real open source AI editor. — Open dev > closed dev. … Dan Wahlin / @danwahlin : Super excited that the GitHub Copilot Chat extension in VS Code is going open-source! 🎉 — ✅ Inspect & contribute to the AI experience in VS Code — ✅ Full support for other AI providers — ✅ Build your own custom chat-based AI extensions — Learn more 👇 … Threads: @nwbrownboi : Notes so far on MS Build: The things I'm most interested in personally have been NLWeb and AI Local Foundry. NLWeb will basically, in a few lines of code, enable AI searches or a custom chatbot on any website. Local Foundry will allow an incredible amount of models to run locally, as well as local agents. … X: Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : 1. Coding agent: We are taking GitHub Copilot from being a pair programmer to peer programmer. You now have a full coding agent built right into GitHub. You can assign it issues - whether it's bug fixes, new features, or ongoing code maintenance. And it will complete these tasks autonomously. @microsoft : A Copilot that does more than suggest code? Meet the new GitHub Copilot coding agent, now in preview for Enterprise + Pro+ users. https://github.blog/... [image] Jaana Dogan / @rakyll : Awesome to hear that VSCode is open sourcing GitHub Copilot and the AI assistance capabilities, and moving towards becoming a fully AI native editing platform. VSCode's openness made it possible to drive many standards and build a large ecosystem. They can repeat it with AI. Thomas Dohmke / @ashtom : When you assign one or more issues to Copilot, it responds with a 👀 reaction and spins up a secure sandbox using GitHub Actions. It clones the repo, configures the environment, and analyzes the codebase with RAG powered by GitHub code search. The coding agent can use local tools and MCP servers, configured by you. Kylie Robison / @kyliebytes : oooo interesting - github just open sourced copilot (as its forced to fiercely compete with cursor + windsurf) Thomas Dohmke / @ashtom : GitHub's control layer is the secret sauce to AI agents. copilot coding agent has all the protections you expect: branch controls, controlled internet, session logs, etc. we're making same protections avail to partners too. the home of developers will be the home of agents. Matt Pocock / @mattpocockuk : GitHub Coding Agent announced, built on GitHub actions and deeply integrated with the GitHub UI. Here's the process: - Create a detailed issue - Assign the issue to Copilot - Get a PR with the code changes - Review the code in GitHub UI, request changes etc - Profit [image] Amanda Silver / @amandaksilver : Assign a GitHub issue to Copilot and watch it spin up a secure dev environment, write code, push commits, and open a PR. Copilot has gone from peer programmer to pair programmer , handling the boring stuff so you can stay in the flow. #GitHubCopilot #codingagent #MSBuild Jason Lengstorf / @jlengstorf : the @github Copilot AI extension for @code is going open source — I like seeing a push toward keeping this work out in the open Thomas Dohmke / @ashtom : GitHub Copilot now has a coding agent embedded right where you already collaborate with developers: on GitHub. And yes, you can access it from VS Code too. 🤖 [video] Max Weinbach / @maxwinebach : While @sama isn't here, he's virtually talking about Codex and GitHub Agent! GitHub agent seems to be powered by Codex [image] Anurag Goel / @anuraggoel : With GitHub Copilot becoming open source, it's clear that the future of chat-driven app generation, aka vibe coding, will also be open source. [image] Anurag Goel / @anuraggoel : Microsoft's point about “secret sauce” prompting going away is hugely important. I'd be worried if I were one of the 50+ vibe coding platforms out there. What's the new secret sauce if everyone's using Claude under the hood? Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : The agentic web is reshaping the entire tech stack, and we are creating new opportunity for devs at every layer. [video] Amanda Silver / @amandaksilver : More big news: We're going to open source the GitHub Copilot extension then refactor it into VS Code core. AI-powered tools are core to how we write code. Working in the open leads to better products and stronger ecosystems. We want #VSCode to be the best open source AI editor Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : Today, at Build we showed you how we are building the open agentic web. It is reshaping every layer of the stack, and our goal is to help every dev build apps and agents that empower people and orgs everywhere. Here are 5 big things we announced today: Scott Tolinski / @stolinski : Microsoft just open sourced Copilot! Check out our exclusive interview with Erich Gamma, creator of VS Code, and Kai Maetzel, Copilot Lead to get all of the details! https://www.youtube.com/... Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : Thanks for joining us at Build, @sama! Enjoyed our conversation about SWE agents and how the role of developers is evolving. [video] Matt Pocock / @mattpocockuk : This seems fucking sick. It sidesteps some of VSCode Copilot's current weaknesses - speed. Running multiple Copilot calls in parallel seems great. And linking it deeply into the GitHub UI will feel extremely natural. Seems like a beautiful integration to me. @code : Open sourcing the @github Copilot Chat extension was the logical next step for @code. Check out the podcast for more of the history, straight from Erich Gamma and Kai Maetzel! Kyle Daigle / @kdaigle : The GitHub Copilot extension is getting open sourced, with an MIT license, and we can keep building useful, powerful AI together and learn from each other. Feels good man. Satya Nadella / @satyanadella : 2. Copilot Tuning: Copilot can now learn your company's unique tone and language. It is all about taking that expertise you have as a firm and further amplifying it so everyone has access. [image] @code : Today, we're announcing plans to make VS Code an open source AI editor. We believe AI development should stay true to VS Code's core principles: open, collaborative, and community-driven. Let's build the future of software development together. https://aka.ms/... [image] LinkedIn: Ashley Willis : Big news! The VS Code extension for GitHub Copilot is open source!! — This is the kind of shift I love to see, keeping important work out in the open … Harald Kirschner : ✨ VS Code is officially open-sourcing GitHub Copilot Chat under the MIT license! As someone who's built their career on OSS and works on VS Code, I can't overstate how significant this is. … John Papa : Microsoft is open-sourcing GitHub Copilot Chat under the MIT license! — This is more than a licensing change—it's a signal. … Dan Wahlin : I'm super excited that the GitHub Copilot Chat extension in VS Code is going open-source! 🚀 A big step for transparency, extensibility, and community-driven AI tooling. … Paige Lord : Arthur C. Clarke said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” — The power and beauty of open source … Forums: Hacker News : GitHub Copilot Coding Agent r/LocalLLaMA : VS Code: Open Source Copilot r/ChatGPTCoding : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor r/GithubCopilot : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor r/vscode : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor r/webdev : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor r/programming : VS Code: Open Source AI Editor