Copilot Agent is now available in JetBrains AI Assistant

UpdateJun 30, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Today, JetBrains and GitHub are announcing a deeper integration between JetBrains AI Assistant and GitHub Copilot. Millions of developers already rely on the GitHub Copilot plugin as their AI pair programmer in JetBrains IDEs, and Copilot has also been available inside JetBrains AI Assistant through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) .

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Read GitHub's release notes

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-30-copilot-agent-is-now-available-in-jetbrains-ai-assistant

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