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February 4, 2026
GitHub adds Claude and Codex AI coding agents
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TL;DR
- GitHub is integrating Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI's Codex AI coding agents.
- These agents are available in public preview for users with Copilot Pro Plus or Copilot Enterprise subscriptions.
- The integration is part of GitHub's Agent HQ vision to make AI agents native to developer workflows.
- Developers can now choose Copilot, Claude, Codex, or other custom agents for tasks, issues, and pull requests.
- This allows developers to compare the performance of different AI coding agents.
- GitHub is working with Google, Cognition, and xAI to bring more agents to GitHub, Visual Studio Code, and Copilot CLI.
- Microsoft is also trialing Anthropic's Claude Code tool internally to improve GitHub Copilot.