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May 2026 brought sharper tooling for planning, reviewing, and managing your work with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026.<\/p>\n

Highlights<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n
Here’s what’s new for all GitHub Copilot users in Visual Studio 2026. Check the Insiders channel for the latest:<\/p>\n
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Plan before you build with the Plan agent<\/strong>: The new Plan agent<\/strong> (labeled Plan<\/strong> in the agent picker) lets you collaborate with Copilot on an implementation plan before any code is written. Copilot explores your codebase with read-only tools, asks clarifying questions, and drafts a detailed plan saved as a markdown file at `.copilot\/plans\/plan-{title}.md<\/code>. When you’re ready, click Implement plan<\/strong> to hand it off to Agent<\/strong> mode.<\/li>\n`
`View and manage agent skills<\/strong>: A new Skills<\/strong> panel in the chat window lists every agent skill discovered from your workspace and user profile. You can edit a skill, open its file location, or search across skills by name or keyword, all from a single place.<\/li>\n`
`Multi-file summary diff for Copilot changes<\/strong>: After Copilot edits multiple files, click Open change summary view<\/strong> in the working set to see all changes in one tab. Accept or undo at the all-files, per-file, or per-chunk level, with controls to collapse files or step through diff chunks.<\/li>\n`
`Manage context window usage<\/strong>: A new ring icon at the top right of the Copilot Chat prompt shows how much of the context window you’ve used. Click to see a detailed breakdown and use Summarize conversation<\/strong> to compact earlier turns and free up space.<\/li>\n`
`Add commit to Copilot Chat<\/strong>: Right-click a commit in Git History<\/strong>, File History<\/strong>, or the Annotate (Blame)<\/strong> view and attach it directly as context in Copilot Chat. Multi-select is supported, so you can attach several commits at once.<\/li>\n`
`Commit message instructions moved<\/strong>: Commit message custom instructions now live in your repository’s Copilot custom instructions file instead of the old GitHub > Copilot > Source Control Integration<\/strong> setting, keeping all Copilot guidance in one place.<\/li>\n`
`Improved optimizations for iterative C++ builds<\/strong>: When @BuildPerfCpp<\/strong> detects a regression in full rebuild analysis, it now reruns a comparable incremental build. This better reflects the day-to-day gains from optimizations such as precompiled headers and header refactoring, which can look slower in rebuilds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n`Download Visual Studio 2026<\/a> to experience all the new Copilot features today. To learn more about what’s new, check out the Visual Studio blog<\/a> and release notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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Stay up to date on the latest Copilot features by following the Visual Studio blog<\/a>, where you’ll find roadmap updates and opportunities to share feedback.<\/p>\n
For the latest news, release notes, videos, and community conversations, visit the Visual Studio Hub<\/a>, your central resource for all things Visual Studio.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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