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Craig Hale

GitHub Copilot launches new AI tools, but also limits on its premium models

GitHub Copilot.

  • GitHub gets new Agent Mode and Model Context Protocol
  • Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Flash and GPT-4o are generally available
  • To use more than your allocation, you’ll need a $39/month subscription plan

GitHub has announced a series of major AI tool upgrades for the popular developer platform to allow programmers to make the most of the productivity-boosting technology.

In a company blog post, CEO Thomas Dohmke revealed the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan, set to be priced at $39 per month and with access to up to 1,500 premium requests monthly.

More broadly, Dohmke also confirmed the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, such as Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Gemini 2.0 Flash and GPT-4o, giving developers even more options and control.

GitHub gets the latest AI advancements

Dohmke announced the availability of Agent Mode for all Visual Studio Code users, which allows Copilot to take action across files and tools based on the goals a user sets out. It can suggest terminal commands, handle errors with self-healing, and even complete complex coding tasks with a higher degree of autonomy.

Model Context Protocol (MCP), now in public preview, adds tool-context awareness to agent mode by enabling integration with local and remote tools.

To take advantage of the new tools, GitHub has launched premium model requests in addition to the unlimited requests for agent mode, context-driven chat, and code completions in all paid plans for our base model (currently GPT-4o).

Dohmke detailed: “Customers with Copilot Pro will receive 300 monthly premium requests, beginning on May 5, 2025. Customers with Copilot Business and Copilot Enterprise will receive 300 and 1000 monthly premium requests respectively, starting between May 12 and May 19, 2025. Until then, use of these premium models is unlimited.”

Finally, GitHub’s leader wished the platform’s parent company, Microsoft, a happy 50th birthday: “Together, GitHub and Microsoft fully intend on enabling a world with 1 billion developers,” he added.

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