4 GitHub updates from Microsoft Build

GitHub highlights four announcements from Microsoft Build focused on GitHub Copilot and agentic workflows.

Overview

At Microsoft Build, GitHub announced updates aimed at helping developers work alongside AI agents across the issue-to-pull-request workflow.

New GitHub Copilot app

• A dedicated desktop experience for managing agents.
• Positioned around the workflow from issue creation through to pull request.

Copilot CLI updates: voice mode and Rubber Duck agent

• Voice mode for GitHub Copilot CLI.
• A “Rubber Duck” agent for Copilot CLI.

Copilot SDK (generally available)

• Copilot SDK is now generally available.
• Enables embedding Copilot’s agentic engine into other applications.

Cloud and local sandboxes for GitHub Copilot

• Cloud and local sandbox environments for GitHub Copilot.
• Intended to let developers experiment with agentic workflows more safely.