Copilot Code Review: Agent Skills and MCP Support Reach General Availability

GitHub has made agent skills and MCP server support in Copilot code review generally available for all Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users. Teams can now bring their own internal tools, documentation, and coding standards directly into the review process.

Details

• GA date: As of July 29, 2026, agent skills and MCP server support for Copilot code review is generally available for Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users
• Agent skills: Let Copilot invoke a team’s internal tools and coding standards during a review. Teams configure this by adding a SKILL.md file under .github/skills subdirectories with context specific to their repository or organization
• MCP server connections: Integrate third-party platforms — issue trackers, documentation systems, service catalogs — directly into code reviews. Tool access is restricted to read-only, and GitHub’s and Playwright’s MCP servers are included by default
• New visibility feature: Copilot code review now indicates when a comment was generated using agent skills or MCP context, making it clear which capability contributed to each review comment
• Configuration (MCP): Connect servers via repository settings → Copilot → MCP servers, and store authentication tokens under repository settings → Secrets and variables → Agents
• Configuration (agent skills): Create skill-specific directories under .github/skills and add a SKILL.md file with the desired instructions and context
• Migration: Configurations set up during the public preview continue working without any changes required

How to try it

• No additional signup is needed on eligible plans (Pro, Pro+, Business, Enterprise)
• To connect your team’s own tools, add an MCP server via repository settings → Copilot → MCP servers
• To bring in coding standards, create a SKILL.md file under .github/skills
• If you already configured this during the public preview, no changes are needed — it keeps working as-is