From code completion to multi-agent collaboration + native MCP integration, GitHub has completely changed Copilot's positioning this time — no longer just an assistant tool, but a true agent development platform.

GitHub releases Copilot Desktop Technical Preview, turning Copilot into an independent application for intelligent agent-driven development, supporting parallel management of multiple AI agents within the same interface, and creating separate work trees and branches for each session. Agents can collaboratively analyze and fix CI issues, write new features based on issues, without interfering with each other. Newly added Agent Merge automatically reviews, fixes, and merges pull requests, natively integrates with MCP and custom skills, and can be used after enterprise authorization.