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GitHub Celebrates Microsoft's 50th by 'Vibe Coding with Copilot'
GitHub chose Microsoft's 50th anniversary to highlight a bevy of Copilot enhancements that further the practice of "vibe coding," where AI does all the drudgery according to human supervision.
One of the main enhancements sure to garner the most attention concerns the red-hot area of agentic AI, where specialized autonomous constructs carry out that drudgery on their own, which itself could be considered a form of vibe coding.
"We are excited to roll out agent mode in Visual Studio Code to all users, now complete with MCP support that unlocks access to any context or capabilities you want," GitHub said in an April 4 post that was updated yesterday. "What's more, we are thrilled to release a new open source and local GitHub MCP server, giving you the ability to add GitHub functionality to any LLM tool that supports MCP."
We reported VS Code debuted last week at v1.99 with agent mode, an autonomous editing experience where Copilot plans and executes tasks to fulfill requests. It determines relevant files, applies code changes, suggests terminal commands, and iterates to resolve issues, all while keeping users in control to review and confirm actions. It works with new Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, which offers a standardized method for AI models to discover and interact with external tools, applications, and data sources.
We also reported v1.99 came with support for MCP, a key feature of agent mode. The MCP is a new open-source protocol originally created by Anthropic that allows AI models to discover and interact with external resources, enabling developers to create more powerful and flexible AI applications that can leverage the capabilities of multiple tools and services.
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Other highlights of the post include:
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GitHub Copilot Pro+ Plan:
A new premium plan for individuals offering 1,500 monthly premium requests, access to latest models like GPT-4.5, and early feature previews.
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Multiple AI Models Now Available:
General availability of diverse AI models including Claude 3.5 & 3.7 Sonnet (Anthropic), Gemini 2.0 Flash (Google), and o3-mini (OpenAI).
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Next Edit Suggestions:
New feature that suggests potential follow-up edits after code completions to streamline development.
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Copilot Code Review Agent (GA):
The code review assistant is now generally available, helping developers with automated review suggestions for improved code quality.
As far as GitHub's use of the term "vibe coding," the company has gotten on board with one of the hottest app-dev memes in recent memory. It's all explained in the article, "AI's Takeover of Software Development Gets a Name: 'Vibe Coding'."
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