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title: What's new with the GitHub Copilot coding agent: A look at the updates
date: 2025-07-25
abstract: GitHub Copilot coding agent can help burn down your backlog, kickstart new projects, and refactor legacy codebases. This video walks through the major upgrades shipped in June: Copilot Business and Copilot Pro access to the agent, viewing recent coding agent sessions from the agents page, Playwright MCP by default for validating and screenshotting UI changes, and support for remote MCP servers.
tags: GitHub Copilot, Agentic AI, GitHub, Model Context Protocol, Developer Experience
author: Chris Reddington
canonical_url: https://chrisreddington.com/video/2025-07-25-copilot-coding-agent-updates/
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GitHub Copilot coding agent can help burn down your backlog, kickstart new projects, refactor legacy codebases, and more. This video covers the recent improvements shipped in June:

- Copilot Business and Copilot Pro users can now access the agent
- Viewing recent coding agent sessions from the agents page
- Coding agent uses Playwright MCP by default, validating and posting screenshots of UI changes
- Support for remote MCP servers