GitHub Copilot leaves the IDE: shared coding agents arrive in Teams and Slack

Sep 21, 2026 · Issue 8 · 5 sources, 5 articles

On September 21, GitHub announced that Copilot's coding agents will be available as shared agents in Microsoft Teams and Slack. Slack Code Channels turns code review into a conversation and brings multi-user AI into team chat.

Who is affected and how

tech lead

Decide where agents should be allowed into team chat and who can approve their changes.

senior developer

Agentic review will take place in chat, so traceability of decisions must be preserved deliberately.

Sources

• GitHub Copilot leaves the IDE: shared coding agents arrive in Teams and Slack | AI24ai24.co.il · Sep 21, 2026
• Updates to GitHub Copilot for Slack and Microsoft Teamsthe github blog · Sep 25, 2026
• Microsoft Integrates Chat, Coding, and Autonomous AI Agents in Copilotforklog · Sep 25, 2026
• Updates to GitHub Copilot for Slack and Microsoft Teams - GitHub Changeloggithub.blog · Sep 25, 2026
• Slack Code Channels brings multiplayer AI into team chat and turns code review into conversation | LavX Newsnews.lavx.hu · Sep 23, 2026 · magyar

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