GitHub Blog news

The latest AI and developer news from GitHub Blog, with short summaries.

Connecting a Custom Domain to GitHub Pages Without DNS Setup Using GitHub Copilot

Using GitHub Copilot CLI and the Namecheap API, you can connect a custom domain to GitHub Pages in just 14 minutes without going through complicated DNS setup.

·2·2026.07.09 01:00

Kimi K2.7 Code Now Generally Available in GitHub Copilot

The open-weight model Kimi K2.7 Code has been added to GitHub Copilot's model picker options, giving users more choices.

·2·2026.07.03 09:00

How GitHub Maintains Open Source Dependency Compliance

GitHub's Open Source Program Office introduces how it manages open source dependencies at scale through a new license compliance product.

·2026.07.01 02:00

GitHub and UNDP Partner to Advance Ghana's Development Priorities Through Open Source

GitHub and UNDP conducted an open source adoption capability assessment to support the digital transformation of the Ghanaian government.

·1·2026.06.27 01:00

My Gender Transition Experience at GitHub

This is a personal account of how GitHub's remote-first culture and inclusive benefits supported an employee's gender transition process.

·1·2026.06.26 21:00

Evaluating the Performance and Efficiency of the GitHub Copilot Agentic Harness Across Various Models and Tasks

This analyzes the performance and efficiency the GitHub Copilot agentic harness shows across various LLM models and benchmarks.

·2·2026.06.26 07:00

Automating my work helped me grow as a leader

Introduces how to use the automation features of the GitHub Copilot app to manage complex work context and focus on leadership.

·2026.06.24 01:00

GitHub Joins Coalition Urging Amendments to California AI Transparency Law to Protect Open Source

GitHub has joined a coalition calling for amendments to California's AI Transparency Act (SB 1000) to prevent conflicts with open source licensing systems.

·2026.06.24 00:00

From Promises to Action: Building a More Inclusive Open Source Ecosystem

GitHub shared its progress over the past year in encouraging developers with disabilities to participate and improving accessibility in open source.

·2026.06.23 02:00

How We Built an In-House Data Analysis Agent

GitHub built an environment where anyone can gain data insights through natural language using Qubot, a Copilot-based data analysis agent.

·1·2026.06.20 01:00

PickHow Pull Request Limits Reduce Noise

GitHub has introduced a new feature that limits the number of Pull Requests to reduce the burden on open-source maintainers.

·3·2026.06.19 01:00

Maximizing Token Efficiency: How Copilot Improves Context Handling and Model Routing

GitHub Copilot boosts the efficiency of agentic tasks through prompt caching and automatic model selection (Auto).

·2·2026.06.18 04:00

What is Git worktree, and why should you use it

Using Git worktree can dramatically reduce the context-switching cost that occurs when switching branches.

·1·2026.06.17 05:00

GitHub Copilot CLI Guide for Beginners: An Overview of Key Slash Commands

It explains the functions and usage of key slash commands for building an efficient workflow in GitHub Copilot CLI.

·1·2026.06.16 05:00

PickSupporting Researchers and Developers Building Multilingual AI with a New Open Dataset

GitHub has released a dataset containing metadata for over 40 million repositories to help find repositories where multilingual collaboration is happening.

·2·2026.06.16 04:00

How GitHub Copilot CLI Made Agent Delegation More Selective

GitHub Copilot CLI reduced unnecessary agent delegation, cutting tool errors by 23% and shortening latency.

·1·2026.06.13 07:00

GitHub Availability Report: May 2026

GitHub is expanding its infrastructure in response to the growth of AI workflows, and announced measures to prevent recurrence of a database migration-related outage that occurred in May.

·1·2026.06.12 06:00

Improving Secret Scanning Reliability: Reducing False Positives at Scale

GitHub introduced LLM-based contextual reasoning to reduce false positives in secret scanning and improve detection accuracy.

·2026.06.12 01:00

Giving GitHub Copilot CLI Real Code Intelligence via Language Servers

GitHub Copilot CLI now leverages LSP to perform structural, precise code analysis instead of text-based search.

·2·2026.06.11 01:00

From One-Off Prompts to Workflows: How to Use Custom Agents in GitHub Copilot CLI

GitHub Copilot CLI lets you define custom agents that reflect your team's standards via Markdown files and automate workflows.

·2026.06.10 01:00