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Following our previous announcement about ending support for JetBrains 2025.1.x, we're continuing to update the minimum supported IDE versions for GitHub Copilot. Our general principle is to support approximately one year of JetBrains IDE releases, allowing us to focus on newer platform capabilities while continuing to improve GitHub Copilot's fea...

GitHub Copilot is now available in the JetBrains Air as a default agent. Select GitHub Copilot as your agent, delegate coding tasks, and work through results without leaving your IDE.  All you need to get started is a GitHub Copilot subscription: Built in collaboration with JetBrains and powered by Agent Client Protocol (ACP), this integration...

To deliver new features faster and continue improving stability and performance, the GitHub Copilot plugin will end support for JetBrains IDEs version 2025.1.x (JetBrains platform build 251). Focusing on newer IDE versions helps us bring you new capabilities more quickly and maintain a high-quality experience. Our recommendation: The minimum suppo...

GitHub Copilot is now a first-class, native option in JetBrains AI Assistant agent picker(read more). You can select it directly from the chat interface, no extra configuration needed, and immediately put Copilot to work on real coding tasks without ever leaving AI Assistant. Millions of developers already rely on the GitHub Copi...

Copilot CLI is becoming the default agent harness in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains, and our local harness will be deprecated. This change provides greater consistency across all GitHub Copilot surfaces and is an important step toward faster feature parity and higher-quality results in GitHub Copilot for JetBrains. Copilot CLI sessions run inde...

Java developers face a tough trifecta: keeping mission-critical systems running, modernizing legacy apps, and weaving AI into real engineering workflows, all without increasing risk. At DevNexus 2026, the Microsoft Java team is tackling these challenges head-on.  This year’s DevNexus agenda reflects where the Java ecosystem is heading. With dedi...

GitHub Copilot is taking a major step forward with expanded, deeply integrated support for JetBrains and Eclipse — bringing a new generation of agentic, intelligent capabilities directly into your favorite Java IDEs. This release strengthens Copilot’s cross-IDE experience, unifies agentic workflows, and unlocks more powerful automation to help deve...

With the enhanced capability of the MCP on JetBrains, you can now bring prompts, resources, and even interactive tools directly into your IDE interacting with MCP. This means more flexible workflows, deeper context, and smoother collaboration between Copilot and your coding environment.  Let’s take a look at what you can do today with MCP Samp...

Today, we're excited to announce that GitHub Copilot Agent Mode and MCP support are now in public preview for both JetBrains and Eclipse! Whether you're working in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm or Eclipse, you can now access Copilot’s intelligent agent features and seamlessly manage your project workflows, all from within your IDE.  In th...

Modernizing Java applications and migrating to the cloud is often a complex, time-consuming, and fragmented process. GitHub Copilot app modernization for Java is a powerful solution designed to simplify and accelerate your journey to the cloud. Available now in Public Preview as a Visual Studio Code extension, GitHub Copilot app modernization for ...