GitHub Copilot weekly releases: November 2

Summary

GitHub's roundup of Copilot changes for the week of 2026-11-02, covering the Copilot app, Copilot CLI, JetBrains, Xcode, and VS Code 1.145. New items here are a single settings dashboard in the CLI, guided tool approval in the app, and Copilot in JetBrains Air. The Xcode and VS Code items were already covered by their own notes.

Key points

• Copilot CLI /settings: one searchable dashboard for plugins, MCP servers, and other settings. Run /settings in the CLI.
• Copilot app, assisted approval (opt-in): you write guidance, using personal instructions, about which tool requests Copilot may approve without asking. It applies to local sessions. The post does not say where the setting is.
• Copilot app, other changes: set up Agent Merge from a pull request so Copilot merges once checks pass. From a context-limit error you can compact or see what fills the context. Drop files on "New" to start a session (CSV/TSV open as tables). Archive pinned sessions whose PRs closed. Get the app at gh.io/app.
• JetBrains Air: Copilot now runs in JetBrains Air with your existing subscription. You can track several agent sessions and run tasks locally or in the cloud through Air Teams.
• Already covered: Copilot in Xcode's coding assistant (public preview, Xcode 27.3 beta) and VS Code 1.145 (local automations on cron, remote apps and canvases).

Why it matters

Copilot is moving toward the same "agent approves its own safe actions" model as Claude Code's auto mode, here driven by plain-language instructions. The CLI's /settings makes plugins and MCP servers easier to manage.