Source: GitHub Changelog — 2026-06-30
Summary
GitHub Copilot is now a first-class agent choice inside JetBrains AI Assistant's native agent picker, rather than a separate plugin experience bolted on the side. Developers select Copilot as the active agent directly in AI chat, choose among supported Copilot models, and tune reasoning depth from within the JetBrains IDE, with Copilot able to reason through the project, propose changes, run commands, and iterate across multiple steps.
Key Takeaways
- Requires an active GitHub Copilot subscription — it isn't bundled with a JetBrains AI subscription.
- Copilot now sits alongside other agents in AI Assistant's agent picker, supporting multistep handoff (reason, propose, run, iterate).
- Builds on earlier 2026 JetBrains/Copilot integration steps, including Copilot CLI as a default agent harness and Claude as an agent-provider preview.
- JetBrains' own roadmap for the integration names Next Edit Suggestions, Skills, and deeper cross-tool orchestration as next steps.