Giving an agent too many tools doesn’t always make it smarter. Sometimes it just makes it slower. 🐢 So we trimmed GitHub Copilot's default toolset from 40 down to 13. The result? ⚡️ 400ms faster responses 📈 2-5% higher success rates Here's how we optimized the system. ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gG5SawA2
GitHub
Software Development
San Francisco, CA 5,558,341 followers
The home of software development
About us
As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 100 million people, including developers from 90 of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to build amazing things together across 330+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
- Website
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https://github.com
External link for GitHub
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2008
Locations
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Primary
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88 Colin P Kelly Jr St
San Francisco, CA 94107, US
Employees at GitHub
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Edd Wilder-James
TPM Director for Copilot, Platform at GitHub | AI, developer tooling, security
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Bradley Dunn
Helping Developers and Companies Build Better Software Faster at GitHub
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Philip T.
GitHub | IT Engineering
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Clay Nelson
WW Industry Solutions Strategy Lead @ GitHub | Enterprise Software, Agile Methodologies
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Join us for Rubber Duck Thursdays! A lighthearted and informal stream where we live code on some projects. In this episode, we'll explore custom agents and how you can provide Copilot with tailored expertise for specific tasks.
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Cooking up some code? 🧑🍳 💻 Don't just guess the ingredients—check out the GitHub Copilot Chat Cookbook. 📖 Get recipes, tips, and prompt strategies to help you get the absolute most out of your AI pair programmer. Start mixing up better workflows here.👇 https://lnkd.in/gxZgK468
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From its Monty Python origins to its dominance in the age of AI. Yes, we're talking about Python. 🐍 We sat down with creator Guido van Rossum to discuss its incredible trajectory in the 2025 Octoverse report. 📊 Learn how community and stability shaped a global powerhouse. 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gRZjxYd7
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GitHub Copilot isn’t just a general assistant anymore. 🤖 You can now customize it into a team of specialists—like a dedicated Docs agent, Test agent, or Security agent. We analyzed over 2,500 custom agent instruction files to show you how to configure your setup for maximum impact.👇 https://lnkd.in/gyt6htw6
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If Log4Shell taught us anything, it’s this: you can’t bolt on security at the end. Here are 5 practices every engineering team should build in today, before the next critical vulnerability lands. Which ones are you doing already? Read the full Log4Shell story 👉 https://lnkd.in/eCjTmUmb
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The U.S. PTO has proposed rules that would make it harder to challenge junk patents. 🛑 This puts the startups, developers, and open source organizations that power innovation at risk. Speak up and share your concerns before the comment period closes on December 2. ⏳ https://lnkd.in/gkKqBkxB
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Claude Opus 4.5 is now rolling out to GitHub Copilot in public preview, and will be available at a promotional 1x premium request multiplier through December 5! 🙌 Early testing shows Claude Opus 4.5 👀 - Surpassed internal coding benchmarks, while cutting token usage in half - Is great for code migration and code refactoring See it in action, and try it for yourself. https://lnkd.in/gPbSts7i
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