Agent skills are portable sets of instructions, scripts, and resources that teach AI agents how to perform specific tasks. They follow the open Agent Skills specification, and work across multiple agent hosts including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI among others. With the new gh skill command, you can now install agent skills in a single command, right from the GitHub CLI.
Manage agent skills with GitHub CLI - GitHub ChangelogAssigning Dependabot alerts to coding agents requires GitHub Code Security and a Copilot plan that includes coding agent access. This feature is available on github.com.
Dependabot alerts are now assignable to AI agents for remediation - GitHub Changelog… May.26 Release Dependabot version updates now support the sbt ecosystem supply chain security May.22 Release Staged publishing and new install-time controls for npm supply chain security May.19 Retired Upcoming deprecation of Python 3.9 for Dependabot supply chain security May.19 Improvement Expand…
… Thankfully, the agentic-workflows security architecture uses an API proxy to prevent agents from directly accessing authentication credentials. This proxy gave us a way to capture token usage across all runs in a single normalized format, regardless of agent framework. …
… Validate all skills gh skill publish Auto-fix metadata issues gh skill publish --fix Keep skills up to date gh skill update scans all known agent host directories, reads provenance metadata from each installed skill, and checks for upstream changes: Check for updates interactively gh skill update U… …
… Your stack, your rules: Introducing custom agents in GitHub Copilot for observability, IaC, and security Use partner-built Copilot agents to debug, secure, and automate engineering workflows across your terminal, editor, and github.com. …
Back to blog All New Releases Improvements Retired Filters 0 selected May.14 Release Team-level Copilot usage metrics now available via API account management copilot enterprise management tools May.14 Release GitHub Copilot app is now available in technical preview client apps copilot May.13 Relea…
… External services commands /agent : Select a custom agent. Custom agents let you target specialized tasks or integrations. When to use: Switching agent configurations by repository/org/project Testing specialized or third-party agents /delegate : Create an AI-generated pull request. …
… By default, GitHub Agentic Workflows run in a strict security mode with this threat model in mind, and their design is guided by four security principles: defense in depth, don’t trust agents with secrets, stage and vet all writes, and log everything. …
Back to blog All New Releases Improvements Retired Filters 0 selected May.08 Release Copilot code review comment types now in usage metrics API account management copilot enterprise management tools May.08 Improvement Disable commit comments on the user level collaboration tools May.08 Release More…
… Pick your agent: Use Claude and Codex on Agent HQ Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI Codex are now available in public preview on GitHub and VS Code with a Copilot Pro+ or Copilot Enterprise subscription. …