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The next frontier of agentic development is here, and you are in control.  Today we announced releases that will keep you in the flow with your agents, all on the GitHub platform.  ⬇️

With GitHub Issue Fields, you can add structured, typed metadata (like priority, effort, dates, and custom values) to issues across your repos. Get key details at a glance without opening each issue. GitHub Issue Fields are now generally available to everyone. 🎉

"Code is the language that we use to understand physics." 💻 ⚛️ With billions of particle collisions happening at the Large Hadron Collider, @CERN research fellow Batoul Diab explains why software developers are more crucial to modern science than ever before.

Get the numbers 👇 github.blog/ai-and-ml/llms…

New open source dataset for your next build. 📊 The GitHub Multilingual Repositories Dataset spans 40M+ repos and 80M+ classification rows, showing where non-English READMEs, issues, and PRs live. Korean tops issue text; Portuguese tops READMEs (3M+ repos).

The result: roughly 20% lower average review cost, while maintaining the same review quality. ✅ The bigger lesson: for an agent, tool instructions are as load-bearing as your API docs. Here's how we traced the regression to the instructions ⬇️ github.blog/ai-and-ml/gith…

We rewrote them to mirror how a reviewer actually reads a pull request: ask, narrow, read, decide.

The tools were fine. Their instructions were written for a different job, so the agent browsed the repo instead of investigating the pull request.

We swapped Copilot code review onto the same shared tools that power the Copilot CLI (grep, glob, view), expecting a clean upgrade. Instead, reviews did more work and caught fewer issues. 👀

Better tools didn't improve Copilot code review. Rewriting their instructions did. 🧵

From an issue on GitHub.com, you can now open the GitHub Copilot app to start working on a fix with one-click.

Release pages just got an upgrade 🚀 📋 New sidebar table of contents for easier navigation 📊 Download counts per asset now visible in the UI - no API needed Check it out and let us know what you think

📣 @OpenAIDevs's GPT-5.6 family is now generally available and rolling out in GitHub Copilot. GPT-5.6 comes in three variants: ☀️ GPT-5.6 Sol: the highest reasoning ceiling in the family. Best for complex reasoning over large codebases and demanding, long-running agentic work. 🌎 GPT-5.6 Terra: the balanced default. A strong all-round choice for everyday interactive and agentic coding. 🌕 GPT-5.6 Luna: a lightweight, cost-efficient variant for smaller, faster tasks and the lowest-cost option in the family. Try one, two, or them all in @code or the GitHub Copilot app. github.blog/changelog/2026…

We're teaming up with @acolombiadev at @github on July 15th to show you how to build a loop where Sentry catches the error, Seer diagnoses it, and Copilot opens the fix as a PR automatically. We're breaking a real script live so you can see it work 👀 RSVP: sentry.io/resources/gith…

This is the last time we'll mention Super Early Bird. Mostly because it ends today. Get your $600 discount. We'll see you at GitHub Universe.👇 githubuniverse.com/?utm_source=Tw…

Build smarter with the new GitHub Copilot app. 💡 Join our Let's Learn virtual sessions and find out how this all-in-one control center can help you optimize your workflow with agent-driven development. Sign up for your session in English, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, or Portuguese. 🗓️ gh.io/letslearn

Download the app 👇 github.com/features/ai/gi…

The GitHub Copilot app is now available on every Copilot plan. 🎉 No plan? You can still build, just bring your own key. 🔑 Here's how to set it up.

Some TLC in the Copilot CLI courtesy of @maaslalani More compact file read timeline entries, and file icons with a delightful color palette 😍

I feel like the GitHub Copilot team created the Ctrl + s shortcut just for me!

Do you type or speak faster? I can type pretty fast, but find that using my voice to prompt helps me create more detailed prompts. Here's how you can use your voice in the GitHub Copilot App - works really well! 🎙️