GitHub Copilot Updated with Agent Mode, Code Review, and More

GitHub Copilot is getting a big update with a set of new agentic features, premium requests, and a new Copilot+ Pro tier.

“GitHub Copilot is getting a whole lot more agentic with increased context of your tools and services, powered by the world’s leading models, starting today,” GitHub’s Thomas Dohmke writes in the announcement post. “We’re rolling out Agent Mode with MCP support to all VS Code users. We are also announcing the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan with premium requests, the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, next edit suggestions for code completions, and the Copilot code review agent.”

Here’s what’s new.

Agent mode with MCP support. Now rolling out to all users in Visual Studio Code, Agent mode with Model Context Protocol (MCP) support expands on chat and multi-file edits by allowing Copilot to complete a wide range of tasks and subtasks with just a simple prompt (i.e. what’s really meant by vibe coding). Agent mode is powered by your choice of Claude 3.5 and 3.7 Sonnet, Google Gemini 2.0 Flash, and OpenAI GPT-4o, and it will pick up more models over time. MCP support means that GitHub Copilot can understand external data sources using what has quickly become an industry standard of sorts, first introduced by Anthropic.

Premium model requests. All GitHub Copilot users on a paid plan now get unlimited requests for Agent mode, context-driven chat, and code completions using the base model (currently OpenAI GPT-4o). But those with GitHub Copilot Pro now get 300 monthly premium requests, and this capability is coming to those on Copilot Business beginning May 12. And then Copilot Enterprise users will get 1000 monthly premium requests starting May 19.

New Pro+ plan. The new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan costs $39.99 per month and adds 1500 monthly premium requests and access to the best models, like GPT-4.5.

Pay-as-you-go premium requests. Those on any paid plan can also pay-as-you-go for additional premium request usage beyond their included amount. Additional premium requests start at $0.04 per request. (This is not available to those who subscribed to Pro or Pro+ through GitHub Mobile on iOS or Android.)