{"id":408151,"date":"2026-02-04T22:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408151\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T22:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T22:13:07","slug":"github-adds-claude-and-codex-ai-coding-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/408151\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI\u2019s Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. A new public preview adds Claude and Codex to GitHub, GitHub Mobile, and Visual Studio Code, for users with a Copilot Pro Plus or Copilot Enterprise subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The move is part of Agent HQ, GitHub\u2019s vision to make AI agents native to how developers use GitHub every day. Developers can now choose Copilot, Claude, Codex, or other custom agents when they\u2019re creating a task. Each coding agent will consume a premium request, and developers can assign agents to issues and pull requests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Developers will also be able to judge how Copilot, Claude, and Codex perform, and weigh up how each AI coding agent has generated a solution. \u201cContext switching equals friction in software development,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/github.blog\/news-insights\/company-news\/pick-your-agent-use-claude-and-codex-on-agent-hq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says Mario Rodriguez<\/a>, chief product officer at GitHub. \u201cWith Codex, Claude, and Copilot in Agent HQ, you can move from idea to implementation using different agents for different steps without switching tools or losing context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">GitHub has been quick to embrace rival AI models and agents to improve its own Copilot offering. Developers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/29\/24282544\/github-copilot-multi-model-anthropic-google-open-ai-github-spark-announcement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">already able to access models<\/a> from Anthropic, Google, xAI, and OpenAI in GitHub Copilot, so integrating in rival AI coding agents feels like a natural next step.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Access to Claude and Codex will expand to more GitHub Copilot subscription types soon, and GitHub is also working with Google, Cognition, and xAI to bring more agents into GitHub, Visual Studio Code, and the Copilot CLI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">GitHub\u2019s embrace of rival AI coding agents comes as Microsoft is increasingly trialing Anthropic\u2019s Claude Code tool. Developers inside Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/865689\/microsoft-claude-code-anthropic-partnership-notepad\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have been asked to compare Claude Code<\/a> with GitHub Copilot, in an effort to improve GitHub Copilot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GitHub is making Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI\u2019s Codex AI coding agents directly available inside GitHub today. 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