GitHub's August 2026 VS Code release notes (v1.132โv1.135) bundle side-by-side chats, cross-provider agent sessions, an experimental /rubber-duck command, and an on-device multi-language dictation engine.
GitHub has made the Customize tab in the GitHub Copilot app generally available, giving teams a single place to discover and manage MCP servers, plugins, skills, and canvases.
xAI has added a "Workflows" feature to Grok Build that lets users describe a complex task in plain language and have it fanned out across up to 1,024 parallel agents, then saved as a reusable slash command.