GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances.
InfoWorld

Building AI agents with the GitHub Copilot SDK

The GitHub Copilot SDK turns the Copilot CLI into a cross-platform agent host with Model Context Protocol support.
NewsBytes

GitHub just added Anthropic and OpenAI's coding agents

GitHub, a Microsoft-owned platform, has incorporated Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's Codex AI coding agents into its services ...
InfoWorld

GitHub Copilot SDK allows developers to build Copilot agents into apps

Available in a technical preview, the SDK for Node.js, Python, Go, and .NET provides programmatic access to the agentic power of the Copilot CLI.
ZDNet

GitHub makes its Developer Program free, adds new benefits

Github on Monday is launching a more robust version of its Developer Program, adding a new range of benefits and making the whole program free for effectively any developer. Launched in 2014, the ...
Visual Studio Magazine

One-Click VS Code in Browser from GitHub Repo ('How Did I Not Know This?')

Hundreds of developers expressed amazement at a new preview feature introduced this month by GitHub: the ability to instantly open up Visual Studio Code in a browser in order to edit the source code ...
Business Insider

GitHub's new CEO says he's 'all about developer happiness' while tackling tough challenges like repeated outages and US government sanctions against Russia

Thomas Dohmke, the newest chief executive of Microsoft-owned GitHub, is a developer at heart. Now he tells Insider he wants to be an executive who's "all about developer happiness." Dohmke was ...
TechCrunch

Microsoft promises to keep GitHub independent and open

Microsoft today announced its plans to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. Unsurprisingly, that sent a few shock waves through the developer community, which still often eyes Microsoft with ...