thats it!!! gitHub Copilot now is playing the game...
The new GitHub Copilot app is a desktop workspace where developers can:
- Run multiple coding agents in parallel
- Assign work directly from GitHub issues
- Choose between different AI models
- Review changes and manage pull requests
- Use canvases to plan and explore ideas
- Extend agents through plugins and MCP tools
- Follow the work from task to merge in one place
So, is it GitHub’s answer to Cursor?
Yes, but with some steroids.
Cursor is still primarily an AI-first code editor. The Copilot app is moving toward something broader: a control center for AI agents working across your entire software delivery workflow.
GitHub already owns the repositories, issues, pull requests, Actions, reviews, permissions and organizational policies. Connecting agents directly to all of that is its biggest advantage.
The interesting competition is no longer:
VS Code vs. Cursor
It is becoming:
Which platform will control the fleet of AI agents building, reviewing and shipping our software?
Cursor proved the AI-first development experience. GitHub is now trying to absorb that experience into the platform where most software teams already operate.
Things escalated quickly. 🤖
Explore the GitHub Copilot app
Official getting-started announcement
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