GitHub Copilot is evolving again—this time with deep, native integration for Xcode. We’re introducing a new generation of agent-driven capabilities designed to streamline workflows, accelerate development, and keep you focused on building great apps for Apple platforms. This update unifies Copilot’s cross-IDE experience and brings structured automa...

We’re excited to announce that MCP Registry and Allowlist Controls in GitHub Copilot for Xcode are now available in public preview in pre-release builds. These capabilities help Xcode developers discover, install, and manage Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers directly in the IDE, while giving administrators enterprise-grade control over which ser...

Model Context Protocol (MCP) support with GitHub Copilot is now generally available for Xcode! Developers can now enable GitHub Copilot with MCP in Xcode to enhance coding intelligence and context awareness. What's new With MCP support in Xcode, developers can now connect Copilot to both local and remote MCP servers that follow the MCP specificat...

We’re excited to introduce updates to GitHub Copilot for Xcode, bringing new ways to interact with AI and streamline your development workflow. With Copilot Vision, you can upload and chat with images—like screenshots and UI designs—directly in Xcode. We’ve also introduced global and workspace-level Custom Instructions, locale-aware responses, and ...

GitHub Copilot for Xcode now supports Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4, bringing more powerful AI assistance to your Swift, Objective-C, and Apple platform development.  Model Availability✨ For full details, please see this documentation. How to Get Started🚀 Share Your Thoughts💬 Your feedback drives improveme...

We’re excited to announce that GitHub Copilot’s Agent Mode and Model Context Protocol (MCP) support are now available in public preview for Xcode! This brings powerful autonomous coding capabilities to macOS developers using Xcode. What is Agent Mode? Agent Mode turns GitHub Copilot into an intelligent pair programmer that can understand yo...

The GitHub Copilot for Xcode extension now allows you to ask questions about your entire codebase using the @workspace context. Additionally, we have integrated support for new models, including OpenAI GPT-4.1, GPT-4.5, o3, o4-mini, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Claude 3.7 Sonnet, to enhance your chat conversations and introduce several UX improvements to boo...