New features and Claude as agent provider preview in JetBrains IDEs

What's new

• Claude as agent provider (preview): pick Claude from the agent picker; Copilot wires up to a local Claude Code CLI install.
• Org/Enterprise GitHub agents: Copilot can discover and invoke agents managed by your organization.
• Queue-and-steer: in Copilot CLI sessions you can queue follow-up instructions while a step is running.
• Debug-logs summary view: condensed view of every agent step and where it stalled.
• Bypass-permissions mode: Claude provider currently runs without per-step approvals.

Why it matters

After the March AGENTS.md and Auto Mode push, GitHub is opening the Copilot ecosystem to third parties — Claude is the first. For developers it means a single agent UX across Cursor / VS Code / JetBrains, putting Anysphere's stack under pressure. For enterprise customers it adds a governance layer via org-managed agents.

How to try it

Update the JetBrains Copilot extension, install Claude Code CLI locally, then pick Claude in the agent picker (preview). Bypass-permissions is the default — use with care in security-sensitive projects.