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Copilot Agent is now available in JetBrains AI Assistant

Today, JetBrains and GitHub are announcing a deeper integration between JetBrains AI Assistant and GitHub Copilot. Millions of developers already rely on the GitHub Copilot plugin as their AI pair… The post Copilot Agent is now available in JetBrains AI Assistant appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

Copilot Agent is now available in JetBrains AI Assistant
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Published June 30, 2026 · Category: AI Create

Overview

Today, JetBrains and GitHub are announcing a deeper integration between JetBrains AI Assistant and GitHub Copilot. Millions of developers already rely on the GitHub Copilot plugin as their AI pair programmer in JetBrains IDEs, and Copilot has also been available inside JetBrains AI Assistant through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). Now we are taking the next step: GitHub Copilot is a first-class option in the AI Assistant agent picker, so you can choose the entry point that best fits your workflow.

Demo of exploring Copilot Agent in JetBrains AI Assistant

✨ What’s new

GitHub Copilot as a native agent picker: Open the agent picker in the AI chat and select GitHub Copilot to make it the active agent for the conversation.
Pick your Copilot model: Choose between supported Copilot models and tune reasoning depth right in the AI chat to balance speed, depth, and cost.
Real coding tasks: Hand off multistep work and Copilot will reason through your project, propose changes, run commands, and iterate with you.

🚀 What’s next

JetBrains and GitHub will continue working closely to make this integration even better. In the coming releases, we’ll focus on key next steps including:

Details

NES support: Next Edit Suggestions will guide you through multistep code changes by surfacing your next likely edit.
Skills: Helping developers invoke reusable, specialized capabilities more quickly, making common workflows more efficient and consistent.
Deeper orchestration across tools: Further improving how Copilot plans, executes, and iterates on complex development tasks directly within the IDE.

💬 Share your feedback

Your feedback helps shape the future of GitHub Copilot. Share your thoughts through the in-product feedback option, our feedback repository, or by taking our quick survey.

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