The original AI-powered code completion tool stemming from early OpenAI technology, GitHub Copilot, now comes in a free tier for the Visual Studio IDE and Visual Studio Code, along with other editors.

Copilot also generates commit messages based on the recent changes made to the code. Furthermore, GitHub Copilot Free is also available for Visual Studio users.

The company announced that GPT-5 is now integrated into the IDE, and support for MCP is generally available as well.

Microsoft is bringing its Azure-aware Copilot experience to Visual Studio 2022. The preview extension lets developers use ...

If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.