May 2026 brought sharper tooling for planning, reviewing, and managing your work with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026.
Highlights
Here’s what’s new for all GitHub Copilot users in Visual Studio 2026. Check the Insiders channel for the latest:
Plan before you build with the Plan agent: The new Plan agent (labeled Plan in the agent picker) lets you collaborate with Copilot on an implementation plan before any code is written. Copilot explores your codebase with read-only tools, asks clarifying questions, and drafts a detailed plan saved as a markdown file at .copilot/plans/plan-{title}.md. When you’re ready, click Implement plan to hand it off to Agent mode.
View and manage agent skills: A new Skills panel in the chat window lists every agent skill discovered from your workspace and user profile. You can edit a skill, open its file location, or search across skills by name or keyword, all from a single place.
