Building smarter interactions with MCP elicitation: From clunky tool calls to seamless user experiences
Explore how MCP elicitation transforms AI tool interactions by gathering missing information upfront.
5 tips for writing better custom instructions for Copilot
This guide offers five essential tips for writing effective GitHub Copilot custom instructions, covering project overview, tech stack, coding guidelines, structure, and resources, to help developers get better code suggestions.
Spec-driven development with AI: Get started with a new open source toolkit
Developers can use their AI tool of choice for spec-driven development with this open source toolkit.
Under the hood: Exploring the AI models powering GitHub Copilot
Learn how GitHub Copilot’s evolving models and infrastructure center developer choice and power agentic workflows.
How GitHub Models can help open source maintainers focus on what matters
Learn how GitHub Models helps open source maintainers automate repetitive tasks like issue triage, duplicate detection, and contributor onboarding — saving hours each week.
How we accelerated Secret Protection engineering with Copilot
Learn how the Secret Protection engineering team collaborated with GitHub Copilot coding agent to expand validity check coverage.
How to use GitHub Copilot on github.com: A power user’s guide
Explore how to use GitHub Copilot on github.com to automate tasks, assign agents, prototype ideas, and streamline your entire workflow — all without an IDE.
Rediscovering joy in learning: Jason Lengstorf on the state of development
We sit down with Jason Lengstorf on the GitHub Podcast, where he shares his perspective on education, AI, open source, and more.
Safeguarding VS Code against prompt injections
When a chat conversation is poisoned by indirect prompt injection, it can result in the exposure of GitHub tokens, confidential files, or even the execution of arbitrary code without the user’s explicit consent. In this blog post, we’ll explain which VS Code features may reduce these risks.
Building your first MCP server: How to extend AI tools with custom capabilities
Learn Model Context Protocol by building a turn-based game server that shows how to extend GitHub Copilot with custom tools, resources, and prompts.
Explore the best of GitHub Universe: 9 spaces built to spark creativity, connection, and joy
See what’s happening at Universe 2025, from experimental dev tools and career coaching to community-powered spaces. Save $400 on your pass with Early Bird pricing.
Who will maintain the future? Rethinking open source leadership for a new generation
Open source is aging. We can better support Gen Z contributors through purpose, flexibility, and pathways to leadership.
Agents panel: Launch Copilot coding agent tasks anywhere on GitHub
Delegate coding tasks to Copilot and track progress wherever you are on GitHub. Copilot works in the background, creates a pull request, and tags you for review when finished.
Highlights from Git 2.51
The open source Git project just released Git 2.51. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
GPT-5 in GitHub Copilot: How I built a game in 60 seconds
How GitHub’s new MCP server and GPT-5 are revolutionizing developer workflows — with live build examples.
Q1 2025 Innovation Graph update: Bar chart races, data visualization on the rise, and key research
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through March 2025.
GitHub Availability Report: July 2025
In July, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
From private to public: How a United Nations organization open sourced its tech in four steps
Learn how the International Telecommunication Union made the switch to open source, and how you can too!
Why we open sourced our MCP server, and what it means for you
Learn how maintainers are using the GitHub MCP Server and what they are building in this episode of the GitHub Podcast.
Securing the supply chain at scale: Starting with 71 important open source projects
Learn how the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 71 open source projects significantly improve their security posture through direct funding, expert guidance, and actionable playbooks.
Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️
tl;dr: I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead. The following is the internal post I sent to GitHub employees (Hubbers) this morning announcing my departure.
How to use GitHub Copilot to level up your code reviews and pull requests
Discover practical ways GitHub Copilot streamlines code reviews, pull requests, and daily engineering tasks with real prompts, examples, and workflow tips from our engineering team.
Junior developers aren’t obsolete: Here’s how to thrive in the age of AI
The role of junior developer is evolving. If you’re at this stage in your career, here’s how to keep up and stand out.
Automate your project with GitHub Models in Actions
Learn how to integrate AI features with GitHub Models directly in GitHub Actions workflows.
Onboarding your AI peer programmer: Setting up GitHub Copilot coding agent for success
Learn how to configure Copilot coding agent’s environment, optimize project structure, use custom instructions, and extend its capabilities with MCP servers.
A practical guide on how to use the GitHub MCP server
Upgrade from a local MCP Docker image to GitHub’s hosted server and automate pull requests, continuous integration, and security triage in minutes — no tokens required.
From first commits to big ships: Tune into our new open source podcast
Introducing the brand new GitHub Podcast: A show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories, and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.
Scaling for impact: How GitHub Copilot supercharges smallholder farmers
Empowering 10 million farm families by 2030 to generate $1 billion in new revenue. How GitHub helps One Acre Fund’s mission — driving real impact across Africa.
How to build secure and scalable remote MCP servers
More context can mean more attack surfaces for your projects. Be prepared for what lies ahead with this guide.
How to streamline GitHub API calls in Azure Pipelines
Build a custom Azure DevOps extension that eliminates the complexity of JWT generation and token management, enabling powerful automation and enhanced security controls.
Solving the inference problem for open source AI projects with GitHub Models
How using GitHub’s free inference API can make your AI-powered open source software more accessible.
We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund
Open source software is critical infrastructure, but it’s underfunded. With a new feasibility study, GitHub’s developer policy team is building a coalition of policymakers and industry to close the maintenance funding gap.
Debugging UI with AI: GitHub Copilot agent mode meets MCP servers
Explore how I use agentic tools like GitHub Copilot agent mode and the Playwright MCP server to accelerate troubleshooting and debugging of UI issues, while revisiting the importance of clear requirements.
GitHub Availability Report: June 2025
In June, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
How to catch GitHub Actions workflow injections before attackers do
Strengthen your repositories against actions workflow injections — one of the most common vulnerabilities.
For the Love of Code: a summer hackathon for joyful, ridiculous, and wildly creative projects
That idea you’ve been sitting on? The domain you bought at 2AM? A silly or serious side project? This summer, we invite you to build it — for the joy, for the vibes, For the Love of Code 🧡
From chaos to clarity: Using GitHub Copilot agents to improve developer workflows
Explore how you can set Copilot coding agent up for success with custom instruction and Copilot setup steps.
Code review in the age of AI: Why developers will always own the merge button
When it comes to merging code, developers will always make the final decision. But we’re rethinking how tools like GitHub Copilot can help.
Modeling CORS frameworks with CodeQL to find security vulnerabilities
Discover how to increase the coverage of your CodeQL CORS security by modeling developer headers and frameworks.
Beyond prompt crafting: How to be a better partner for your AI pair programmer
Ensuring quality code suggestions from Copilot goes beyond the perfect prompt. Context is key to success when working with your AI pair programmer.
Git security vulnerabilities announced
Today, the Git project released new versions to address seven security vulnerabilities that affect all prior versions of Git.
CVE-2025-53367: An exploitable out-of-bounds write in DjVuLibre
DjVuLibre has a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to gain code execution on a Linux Desktop system when the user tries to open a crafted document.
5 ways to transform your workflow using GitHub Copilot and MCP
Learn how to streamline your development workflow with five different MCP use cases.
From idea to PR: A guide to GitHub Copilot’s agentic workflows
A practical guide to GitHub Copilot’s agentic coding agent, chat modes, and remote MCP server so you turn issues into tested PRs with clear steps (and no hype).
Understand your software’s supply chain with GitHub’s dependency graph
The GitHub dependency graph maps every direct and transitive dependency in your project, so you can identify risks, prioritize fixes, and keep your code secure.
What is the GitHub advisory database, and how does it help you secure dependencies?
Use these insights to automate software security (where possible) to keep your projects safe.
From pair to peer programmer: Our vision for agentic workflows in GitHub Copilot
AI agents in GitHub Copilot don’t just assist developers but actively solve problems through multi-step reasoning and execution. Here’s what that means.
Why developer expertise matters more than ever in the age of AI
AI can help you code faster, but knowing why the code works—and sharpening your human-in-the-loop skills—is what makes you a great developer.
GitHub Copilot Spaces: Bring the right context to every suggestion
Learn how to build your first space in minutes and customize Copilot to match your team’s unique coding style and workflows.
5 tips for using GitHub Copilot with issues to boost your productivity
Reduce context-switching, minimize manual work, and accelerate resolution times with these new AI-powered features.
Highlights from Git 2.50
The open source Git project just released Git 2.50. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
How the GitHub billing team uses the coding agent in GitHub Copilot to continuously burn down technical debt
Tech debt is a big problem that no one has time to solve. GitHub Copilot coding agent can help.
GitHub Availability Report: May 2025
In May, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
How GitHub engineers tackle platform problems
Our best practices for quickly identifying, resolving, and preventing issues at scale.
GitHub for Beginners: Code review and refactoring with GitHub Copilot
Learn how to use GitHub Copilot to help review and polish your code.
Assigning and completing issues with coding agent in GitHub Copilot
Have you tried the new coding agent in GitHub Copilot? Here’s how developers are using it to work more efficiently.
How to create issues and pull requests in record time on GitHub
Learn how to spin up a GitHub Issue, hand it to Copilot, and get a draft pull request in the same workflow you already know.
A free hands-on course on AI security: Hack the LLM and then fix it
Dive into the novel security challenges AI introduces with the open source game that over 10,000 developers have used to sharpen their skills.
DNS rebinding attacks explained: The lookup is coming from inside the house!
DNS rebinding attack without CORS against local network web applications. Explore the topic further and see how it can be used to exploit vulnerabilities in the real-world.
The difference between coding agent and agent mode in GitHub Copilot
We’ll decode these two tools—and show you how to use them both to work more efficiently.